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.
SHEAL
Noun
sheal (plural sheals)
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A shell or pod.
A shieling
Verb
sheal (third-person singular simple present sheals, present participle shealing, simple past and past participle shealed)
To shell (remove husks, shells etc)
To shelter under a shieling
Anagrams
• Hales, Heals, Sahel, Saleh, Selah, hales, halse, heals, leash, selah, shale
Source: Wiktionary
Sheal, n.
Definition: Same as Sheeling. [Scot.]
Sheal, v. t.
Definition: To put under a sheal or shelter. [Scot.]
Sheal, v. t. Etym: [See Shell.]
Definition: To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod. [Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.] Jamieson. That's a shealed peascod. Shak.
Sheal, n.
Definition: A shell or pod. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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