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.
TWAITES
Noun
twaites
plural of twaite
Anagrams
• atwites, waitest
Source: Wiktionary
TWAITE
Twaite, n. Etym: [Prov. E.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A European shad; -- called also twaite shad. See Shad.
Twaite, n. (O. Eng. Law)
Definition: A piece of cleared ground. See Thwaite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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