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.
TICES
Noun
tices
plural of tice
Verb
tices
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tice
Anagrams
• CITES, EITCs, Stice, cesti, cites
Proper noun
Tices
plural of Tice
Anagrams
• CITES, EITCs, Stice, cesti, cites
Source: Wiktionary
TICE
Tice, v. t. Etym: [Aphetic form of entice.]
Definition: To entice. [Obs.] The Coronation.
Tice, n. (Cricket)
Definition: A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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