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.
SNED
Verb
sned (third-person singular simple present sneds, present participle snedding, simple past and past participle snedded)
(UK, dialect, transitive) To lop.
Synonyms: snathe, snead
Anagrams
• Ends, NDEs, SEND, dens, ends, neds, send
Source: Wiktionary
Sned, v. t.
Definition: To lop; to snathe. [Prov. Eng.]
Sned, Sneed, n.
Definition: See Snath.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
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