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.
SLEETS
Verb
sleets
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sleet
Anagrams
• steels, steles, stelès, stĂ©lĂ©s
Source: Wiktionary
SLEET
Sleet, n. (Gun.)
Definition: The part of a mortar extending from the chamber to the trunnions.
Sleet, n. Etym: [OE. sleet; akin to MHG. sl, sl hailstone, G. schlosse; of uncertain origin.]
Definition: Hail or snow, mingled with rain, usually falling, or driven by the wind, in fine particles.
Sleet, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sleeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sleeting.]
Definition: To snow or hail with a mixture of rain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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