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.
AMIDIN
Etymology
Noun
amidin (countable and uncountable, plural amidins)
(chemistry) Starch modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.
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• Midian
Source: Wiktionary
Am"i*din, n. Etym: [Cf. F. amidine, fr. amido starch, fr. L. amylum, Gr. Meal.] (Chem.)
Definition: Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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