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.
SWARTH
Etymology 1
Noun
swarth (countable and uncountable, plural swarthes or swarths)
Alternative form of sward
Etymology 2
Adjective
swarth (comparative more swarth, superlative most swarth)
(archaic) swarthy
Etymology 3
Noun
swarth
An apparition of a person about to die; a wraith.
Anagrams
• Warths, warths, wraths
Source: Wiktionary
Swarth, a.
Definition: Swart; swarthy. "A swarth complexion." Chapman.
Swarth, n.
Definition: An apparition of a person about to die; a wraith. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
Swarth, n. Etym: [See Sward.]
Definition: Sward; short grass. Grassy swarth, close cropped by nibbling sheep. Cowper.
Swarth, n.
Definition: See Swath.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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