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.
VERT
Etymology 1
Noun
vert (countable and uncountable, plural verts)
(tincture) A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
(archaic) Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
(archaic) The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.
Adjective
vert (comparative more vert, superlative most vert)
(tincture) In blazon, of the colour green.
Etymology 2
Noun
vert (plural verts)
(colloquial) In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.
Etymology 3
Noun
vert (plural verts)
(biology, informal) vertebrate
Anagrams
• Trev, Tver, trev
Source: Wiktionary
Vert, n. Etym: [F., green, from L. viridis. See Verdant, and cf. Verd.]
1. (Eng. Forest Law) (a) Everything that grows, and bears a green leaf, within the forest; as, to preserve vert and venison is the duty of the verderer. (b) The right or privilege of cutting growing wood.
2. (Her.)
Definition: The color green, represented in a drawing or engraving by parallel lines sloping downward toward the right.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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