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.
SPRINGE
Etymology
Verb
springe (third-person singular simple present springes, present participle springeing or springing, simple past springed, past participle sprent or springed)
(obsolete) To sprinkle; to scatter.
(transitive) To catch in a springe; to ensnare.
Noun
springe (plural springes)
(obsolete) A snare.
Anagrams
• Persing, Spigner, pingers
Source: Wiktionary
Springe, n. Etym: [From Spring, v. i.: cf. G. sprenkel, Prov. E. springle.]
Definition: A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak.
Springe, v. t.
Definition: To catch in a springe; to insnare. [R.]
Spring"e ( or ), v. t. Etym: [OE. sprengen. See Sprinkle.]
Definition: To sprinkle; to scatter. [Obs.] He would sowen some difficulty, Or springen cockle in our cleane corn. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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