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.
WOOLENS
Noun
woolens pl (plural only)
(US) woolen clothes collectively
Proper noun
Woolens
plural of Woolen
Source: Wiktionary
WOOLEN
Wool"en, a. Etym: [OE. wollen; cf. AS. wyllen. See Wool.] [Written also woollen.]
1. Made of wool; consisting of wool; as, woolen goods.
2. Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as, woolen manufactures; a woolen mill; a woolen draper. Woolen scribbler, a machine for combing or preparing wool in thin, downy, translucent layers.
Wool"en, n. Etym: [Written also woollen.]
Definition: Cloth made of wool; woollen goods.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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