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.
THAWS
Noun
thaws
plural of thaw
Verb
thaws
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thaw
Anagrams
• HAWTs, SWATH, hawts, swath, washt, waths, what's, whats
Source: Wiktionary
THAW
Thaw, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Thawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Thawing.] Etym: [AS. Þ\'bewian, Þ\'bewan; akin to D. dovijen, G. tauen, thauen (cf. also verdauen 8digest, OHG. douwen, firdouwen), Icel. Þeyja, Sw. töa, Dan. töe, and perhaps to Gr.
1. To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.
2. To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.
3. Fig.: To grow gentle or genial.
Thaw, v. t.
Definition: To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
Thaw, n.
Definition: The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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