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.
SWEALED
Verb
swealed
simple past tense and past participle of sweal
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SWEAL
Sweal, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swealed; p. pr. & vb. n. Swealing.] Etym: [OE. swelen to burn, AS. swelan; akin to G. schwelen to burn slowly, schwül sultry, Icel. svæla a thick smoke.]
Definition: To melt and run down, as the tallow of a candle; to waste away without feeding the flame. [Written also swale.] Sir W. Scott.
Sweal, v. t.
Definition: To singe; to scorch; to swale; as, to sweal a pig by singeing off the hair.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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