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.
SKEANS
Noun
skeans
plural of skean
Anagrams
• snakes, sneaks
Source: Wiktionary
SKEAN
Skean, n. Etym: [Ir sgian; akin to Gael. sgian, W. ysgien a large knife, a scimiter.]
Definition: A knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the Highlanders of Scotland. [Variously spelt.] "His skean, or pistol." Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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