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.
VIRE
Etymology
Noun
vire (plural vires)
An arrow, having a rotary motion, formerly used with the crossbow.
Verb
vire (third-person singular simple present vires, present participle viring, simple past and past participle vired)
to transfer a surplus from one account to cover a deficit in another, to make a virement.
Anagrams
• Iver, iver, rive, vier
Source: Wiktionary
Vire, n. Etym: [OF. vire, fr. virer to turn. Cf. Veer, Vireton.]
Definition: An arrow, having a rotary motion, formerly used with the crossbow. Cf. Vireton. Gower.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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