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.
ARTICULATOR
articulator
(noun) a movable speech organ
articulator
(noun) someone who pronounces words
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
articulator (plural articulators)
One who, or that which, articulates or expresses.
One who articulates bones and mounts skeletons.
(dentistry) A mechanical device to which casts of the teeth are fixed, reproducing recorded positions of the mandible in relation to the maxilla.
Source: Wiktionary
Ar*tic"u*la`tor, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, articulates; as: (a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stammering.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOAK
(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”
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