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.
TWIRED
Verb
twired
simple past tense and past participle of twire
Anagrams
• writed
Source: Wiktionary
TWIRE
Twire, n. Etym: [Cf. D. tweern, G. zwirn, and E. twine.]
Definition: A twisted filament; a thread. [Obs.] Locke.
Twire, v. i. Etym: [Cf. MHG. zwieren, E. thwart, and queer.]
1. To peep; to glance obliquely; to leer. [Obs.] Which maids will twire 'tween their fingers. B. Jonson. I saw the wench that twired and twinkled at thee. Beau. & Fl.
2. To twinkle; to glance; to gleam. [Obs.] When sparkling stars twire not. Shak.
Twire, v. i.
Definition: To sing, or twitter. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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