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.
SERRY
Etymology
Verb
serry (third-person singular simple present serries, present participle serrying, simple past and past participle serried)
To crowd; to press together.
Anagrams
• Ryers, Ryser
Source: Wiktionary
Ser"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Serried; p. pr. & vb. n. Serrying.] Etym: [F. serrer, LL. serrare, serare, from L. sera a bar, bolt; akin to serere to join or bind together. See Serries.]
Definition: To crowd; to press together.
Note: [Now perhaps only in the form serried, p. p. or a.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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