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.
WEATHERGLASSES
Noun
weatherglasses
plural of weatherglass
Source: Wiktionary
WEATHERGLASS
Weath"er*glass`, n.
Definition: An instrument to indicate the state of the atmosphere, especially changes of atmospheric pressure, and hence changes of weather, as a barometer or baroscope. Poor man's weatherglass. (Bot.) See under Poor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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