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.
WAYGOING
Etymology
Adjective
waygoing (not comparable)
Going away; departing; of or relating to one who goes away.
A waygoing crop is a crop of grain to which tenants for years are sometimes entitled by custom: grain sown in the fall to be reaped at the next harvest; a crop which will not ripen until after the termination of the lease.
Source: Wiktionary
Way"-go`ing, a.
Definition: Going away; departing; of or pertaining to one who goes away. Way-going crop (Law of Leases), a crop of grain to which tenants for years are sometimes entitled by custom; grain sown in the fall to be reaped at the next harvest; a crop which will not ripen until after the termination of the lease. Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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