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.
SPIRTING
Verb
spirting
present participle of spirt
Noun
spirting (plural spirtings)
Alternative form of spurting
Anagrams
• spriting, striping
Source: Wiktionary
SPIRT
Spirt, v. & n.
Definition: Same as Spurt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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