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.
BISTOURIES
Noun
bistouries
plural of bistoury
Source: Wiktionary
BISTOURY
Bis"tou*ry, n.; pl. Bistouries. Etym: [F. bistouri.]
Definition: A surgical instrument consisting of a slender knife, either straight or curved, generally used by introducing it beneath the part to be divided, and cutting towards the surface.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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