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.
SHIPSIDE
shipside
(noun) the part of a wharf that is next to a ship
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shipside (plural shipsides)
The part of a harbour or dock by a ship.
Adjective
shipside (not comparable)
(scifi) On a spaceship, rather than on a planet etc.
Adverb
shipside (not comparable)
(scifi) On a spaceship, rather than on a planet etc.
Source: Wiktionary
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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