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.
SWINEPOXES
SWINEPOX
Swine"-pox`, n. (Med.)
Definition: A variety of the chicken pox, with acuminated vesicles containing a watery fluid; the water pox. Pepys.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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