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.
UNDERFONG
Verb
underfong (third-person singular simple present underfongs, present participle underfonging, simple past and past participle underfonged)
Alternative form of underfang
Source: Wiktionary
Un`der*fong", v. t. Etym: [AS. underfongen, p. p. of underf to undertake; under under + f to take. See Fang to seize.]
1. To undertake; to take in hand; to receive. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. Rom. of R.
2. To insnare; to circumvent. [Obs.] Spenser.
3. To sustain; to support; to guard. Nash.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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