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.
STONEBRASH
Etymology
Noun
stonebrash (countable and uncountable, plural stonebrashes)
A subsoil made up of small stones or finely broken rock.
Synonyms
• brash
Anagrams
• basset horn
Source: Wiktionary
Stone"brash`, n.
Definition: A subsoil made up of small stones or finely-broken rock; brash.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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