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.
BATTLEAXES
Noun
battleaxes
plural of battleaxe
Source: Wiktionary
BATTLEAX
Bat"tle-ax` Bat"tle-axe`, n. (Mil.)
Definition: A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.
BATTLEAXE
Bat"tle-ax` Bat"tle-axe`, n. (Mil.)
Definition: A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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