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.
SWARFS
Noun
swarfs
plural of swarf
Verb
swarfs
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swarf
Source: Wiktionary
SWARF
Swarf, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Swerve.]
Definition: To grow languid; to faint. [Scot.] "To swarf for very hunger." Sir W. Scott.
Swarf, n. Etym: [Cf. Swerve.]
Definition: The grit worn away from grindstones in grinding cutlery wet. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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