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.
SPRINGAL
Noun
springal (plural springals)
(archaic) Alternative form of springald (“youth”)
Obsolete form of springald.
Anagrams
• Sparling, graplins, sparling
Source: Wiktionary
Spring"al, Spring"ald, Spring"all, a. Etym: [Scot. springald, springel, fr. Scot. & E. spring.]
Definition: An active, springly young man. [Obs.] "There came two springals of full tender years." Spenser. Joseph, when he was sold to Potiphar, that great man, was a fair young springall. Latimer.
Spring"al, n. Etym: [OF. espringale; of Teutonic origin, akin to E. spring.]
Definition: An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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