Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
SEGGAR
Noun
seggar (plural seggars)
Alternative form of saggar
Anagrams
• Gagers, Gregas, aggers, eggars, gagers, sagger
Source: Wiktionary
Seg"gar, n. Etym: [Prov. E. saggard a seggar, seggard a sort of riding surtout, contr. fr. safeguard.]
Definition: A case or holder made of fire clay, in which fine pottery is inclosed while baking in the kin. [Written also saggar, sagger, and segger.] Ure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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