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.
UNTRUSS
Etymology
Verb
untruss (third-person singular simple present untrusses, present participle untrussing, simple past and past participle untrussed)
To free from a truss; to untie or unfasten
Noun
untruss (plural untrusses)
(obsolete) an untrusser or public whipper
Source: Wiktionary
Un*truss", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + truss.]
Definition: To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress. [R.] Dryden.
Un*truss", Un*truss"er, n.
Definition: One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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