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.
STELLED
Etymology
Verb
stelled
simple past tense and past participle of stell
Adjective
stelled (not comparable)
(dialectal or obsolete) Firmly placed or fixed.
(obsolete) Starry.
Source: Wiktionary
Stelled, a. Etym: [See Stell to place.]
Definition: Firmly placed or fixed. [Obs.] "The stelled fires" [the stars]. Shak.
Note: [In this passage by some defined as "starry," as if from stellatus.]
STELL
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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