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.
SPOORING
Verb
spooring
present participle of spoor
Source: Wiktionary
SPOOR
Spoor, n. Etym: [D. spoor; akin to AS. spor, G. spur, and from the root of E. spur. sq. root171. See Spur.]
Definition: The track or trail of any wild animal; as, the spoor of an elephant; -- used originally by travelers in South Africa.
Spoor, v. i.
Definition: To follow a spoor or trail. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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