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.
BOWSHOT
Etymology
Noun
bowshot (plural bowshots)
(archery) The act of firing an arrow from a bow.
The distance that the arrow of an average archer can effectively travel.
Source: Wiktionary
Bow"shot`, n.
Definition: The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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