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.
AVULSION
avulsion
(noun) a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another
avulsion
(noun) an abrupt change in the course of a stream that forms the boundary between two parcels of land resulting in the loss of part of the land of one landowner and a consequent increase in the land of another
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
avulsion (countable and uncountable, plural avulsions)
The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma
An abrupt change in the course of a river, typically from one channel to another
(hydrology) Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved
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Source: Wiktionary
A*vul"sion, n. Etym: [L. avulsio.]
1. A tearing asunder; a forcible separation. The avulsion of two polished superficies. Locke.
2. A fragment torn off. J. Barlow.
3. (Law)
Definition: The sudden removal of lands or soil from the estate of one man to that of another by an inundation or a current, or by a sudden change in the course of a river by which a part of the estate of one man is cut off and joined to the estate of another. The property in the part thus separated, or cut off, continues in the original owner. Wharton. Burrill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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