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.
SEVENS
fantan, sevens, parliament
(noun) a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
sevens
plural of seven
sevens pl (plural only)
(rugby) Rugby sevens.
(poker slang) A pair of sevens.
Source: Wiktionary
SEVEN
Sev"en, a. Etym: [OE. seven, seoven, seofen, AS. seofon, seofan, seofen; akin to D. zeven, OS., Goth., & OHG. sibun, G. sieben, Icel. sjau, sjö, Sw. sju, Dan. syv, Lith. septyni, Russ. seme, W. saith, Gael. seachd, Ir. seacht, L. septem, Gr. saptan. sq. root305. Cf. Hebdomad, Heptagon, September.]
Definition: One more than six; six and one added; as, seven days make one week. Seven sciences. See the Note under Science, n., 4.
– Seven stars (Astron.), the Pleiades.
– Seven wonders of the world. See under Wonders.
– Seven-year apple (Bot.), a rubiaceous shrub (Genipa clusiifolia) growing in the West Indies; also, its edible fruit.
– Seven-year vine (Bot.), a tropical climbing plant (Ipomoea tuberosa) related to the morning-glory.
Sev"en, n.
1. The number greater by one than six; seven units or objects. Of every beast, and bird, and insect small, Game sevens and pairs. Milton.
2. A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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