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.
UTENSIL
utensil
(noun) an implement for practical use (especially in a household)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
utensil (plural utensils)
An instrument or device for domestic use, especially in the kitchen.
A useful small tool, implement, or vessel.
Synonyms
• See also instrument
Anagrams
• luniest, luteins, sultine, untiles
Source: Wiktionary
U*ten"sil, n. Etym: [F. utensile, ustensile, L. utensile, fr. utensilis that may be used, fit for use, fr. uti, p. p. usus, to use. See Use, v. t.]
Definition: That which is used; an instrument; an implement; especially, an instrument or vessel used in a kitchen, or in domestic and farming business. Wagons fraught with utensils of war. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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