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.
UPCOIL
Etymology
Verb
upcoil (third-person singular simple present upcoils, present participle upcoiling, simple past and past participle upcoiled)
(rare) To coil up; to make into a coil, or to be made into a coil.
Anagrams
• coil up, oilcup
Source: Wiktionary
Up*coil", v. t. & i.
Definition: To coil up; to make into a coil, or to be made into a coil.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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