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.
SNICKED
Verb
snicked
simple past tense and past participle of snick
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Source: Wiktionary
SNICK
Snick, n. Etym: [Prov. E. snick a notch; cf. Icel. snikka nick, cut.]
1. A small cut or mark.
2. (Cricket)
Definition: A slight hit or tip of the ball, often unintentional.
3. (Fiber)
Definition: A knot or irregularity in yarn. Knight.
4. (Furriery)
Definition: A snip or cut, as in the hair of a beast. Snick and snee Etym: [cf. D. snee, snede, a cut], a combat with knives. [Obs.] Wiseman.
Snick, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Snicked; p. pr. & vb. n. Snicking.]
1. To cut slightly; to strike, or strike off, as by cutting. H. Kingsley.
2. (Cricket)
Definition: To hit (a ball) lightly. R. A. Proctor.
Snick, n. & v. t.
Definition: See Sneck. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Snick up, shut up; silenced. See Sneck up, under Sneck. Give him money, George, and let him go snick up. Beau & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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