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.
TREADLED
Verb
treadled
simple past tense and past participle of treadle
Source: Wiktionary
TREADLE
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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