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.
SOUTHS
Verb
souths
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of south
Anagrams
• shouts, stoush
Source: Wiktionary
SOUTH
South (; by sailors sou), n. Etym: [OE. south, suþ, AS. suedh for sunedh; akin to D. zuid, OHG. sund, G. süd, süden, Icel. suedhr, sunnr, Dan. syd, sönden, Sw. syd, söder, sunnan; all probably akin to E. sun, meaning, the side towards the sun. sq. root297. See Sun.]
1. That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east.
2. A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern section of a country. "The queen of the south." Matt. xii. 42.
3. Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.
4. The wind from the south. [Obs.] Shak.
South, a.
Definition: Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole. "At the south entry." Shak. South-Sea tea (Bot.) See Yaupon.
South
Definition: , adv.
1. Toward the south; southward.
2. From the south; as, the wind blows south. Bacon.
South, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Southed; p. pr. & vb. n. Southing.]
1. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
2. (Astron.)
Definition: To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine.
South` south"er*ly. (Zoöl.)
Definition: the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called also southerly, and southerland. See under Old.
SOUTH
South (; by sailors sou), n. Etym: [OE. south, suþ, AS. suedh for sunedh; akin to D. zuid, OHG. sund, G. süd, süden, Icel. suedhr, sunnr, Dan. syd, sönden, Sw. syd, söder, sunnan; all probably akin to E. sun, meaning, the side towards the sun. sq. root297. See Sun.]
1. That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east.
2. A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern section of a country. "The queen of the south." Matt. xii. 42.
3. Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.
4. The wind from the south. [Obs.] Shak.
South, a.
Definition: Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole. "At the south entry." Shak. South-Sea tea (Bot.) See Yaupon.
South
Definition: , adv.
1. Toward the south; southward.
2. From the south; as, the wind blows south. Bacon.
South, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Southed; p. pr. & vb. n. Southing.]
1. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
2. (Astron.)
Definition: To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine.
South` south"er*ly. (Zoöl.)
Definition: the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called also southerly, and southerland. See under Old.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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