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.
STELL
Etymology
Proper noun
Stell
A surname.
Anagrams
• Tells, tells
Etymology 1
Verb
stell (third-person singular simple present stells, present participle stelling, simple past and past participle stold or stelled)
(transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount.
(transitive, obsolete) To portray; delineate; display.
Etymology 2
Noun
stell (plural stells)
(archaic) A place; station.
A stall; a fold for cattle.
(Scotland) A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or climbing.
(Scotland) A still.
Anagrams
• Tells, tells
Source: Wiktionary
Stell, v. t. Etym: [AS. stellan. *163.]
Definition: To place or fix firmly or permanently. [Obs.] Shak.
Stell, n. Etym: [See Stell, v. t.]
1. A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or cilmbing. [Scot.]
2. A partial inclosure made by a wall or trees, to serve as a shelter for sheep or cattle. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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