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.
UNCOILED
uncoiled, straight
(adjective) no longer coiled
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
uncoiled
simple past tense and past participle of uncoil
Adjective
uncoiled (not comparable)
Not (or no longer) coiled
Anagrams
• leuconid, nucleoid, undocile
Source: Wiktionary
UNCOIL
Un*coil", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + coil.]
Definition: To unwind or open, as a coil of rope. Derham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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