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.
STOKEHOLD
stokehold, stokehole, fireroom
(noun) (nautical) chamber or compartment in which the furnaces of a ship are stoked or fired
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stokehold (plural stokeholds)
(nautical) A chamber where a ship's furnaces are stoked.
Synonyms
• fireroom
• stokehole
Source: Wiktionary
Stoke"hold`, n. (Naut.)
Definition: The space, or any of the spaces, in front of the boilers of a ship, from which the furnaces are fed; the stokehole of a ship; also, a room containing a ship's boilers; as, forced draft with closed stokehold; -- called also, in American ships, fireroom.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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