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.
WEY
Etymology
Noun
wey (plural weys)
(uncommon, archaic) An old English measure of weight containing 224 pounds; equivalent to 2 hundredweight.
Anagrams
• Wye, wye, yew
Proper noun
Wey
A river in Surrey, England, tributary to the Thames.
(historical) Alternative form of Wei, an ancient Chinese duchy.
Anagrams
• Wye, wye, yew
Source: Wiktionary
Wey, n.
Definition: Way; road; path. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Wey, v. t. & i.
Definition: To weigh. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Wey, n. Etym: [OE. weye, AS. w weight. Weight.]
Definition: A certain measure of weight. [Eng.] "A weye of Essex cheese." Piers Plowman.
Note: A wey is 6 Simmonds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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