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.
WHIPSTITCHES
Noun
whipstitches
plural of whipstitch
Source: Wiktionary
WHIPSTITCH
Whip"stitch`, n.
1. A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
2. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition. [R.] Dryden.
3. (Agric.)
Definition: The act or process of whipstitching.
Whip"stitch`, v. t. (Agric.)
Definition: To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. [Eng.]
WHIPSTITCH
Whip"stitch`, n.
1. A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
2. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition. [R.] Dryden.
3. (Agric.)
Definition: The act or process of whipstitching.
Whip"stitch`, v. t. (Agric.)
Definition: To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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