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.
WAYBILL
Etymology
Noun
waybill (plural waybills)
A document that lists the final destination (and other details) of each part of a cargo.
Verb
waybill (third-person singular simple present waybills, present participle waybilling, simple past and past participle waybilled)
To provide (cargo) with a waybill document.
Source: Wiktionary
Way"bill`, n.
Definition: A list of passengers in a public vehicle, or of the baggage or gods transported by a common carrier on a land route. When the goods are transported by water, the list is called a bill of lading.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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