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.
TREADLE
pedal, treadle, foot pedal, foot lever
(noun) a lever that is operated with the foot
treadle
(verb) operate (machinery) by a treadle
treadle
(verb) tread over; “the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
treadle (plural treadles)
A foot-operated pedal or lever that generates motion.
(biology) Chalaza.
Verb
treadle (third-person singular simple present treadles, present participle treadling, simple past and past participle treadled)
(intransitive) To use a treadle.
Anagrams
• Aldrete, alerted, altered, redealt, related
Source: Wiktionary
Trea"dle, n. Etym: [OE. tredyl a step, AS. tredel. See Tread.]
1. The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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