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.
SPOOLED
Verb
spooled
simple past tense and past participle of spool
Anagrams
• poodles, spoodle
Source: Wiktionary
SPOOL
Spool, n. Etym: [OE. spole, OD. spoele, D. spoel; akin to G. spule, OHG. spuola, Dan. & Sw. spole.]
Definition: A piece of cane or red with a knot at each end, or a hollow cylinder of wood with a ridge at each end, used to wind thread or yarn upon. Spool stand, an article holding spools of thread, turning on pins, -- used by women at their work.
Spool, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spooled; p. pr. & vb. n. Spooling.]
Definition: To wind on a spool or spools.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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