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.
BURSTER
charge, burster, bursting charge, explosive charge
(noun) a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time; “this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
burster (plural bursters)
One who, or that which, bursts or causes to burst.
A machine that separates one-part continuous form paper into individual sheets along the transverse perforations.
Anagrams
• Bruster
Source: Wiktionary
Burst"er, n.
Definition: One that bursts.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PREMATURELY
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
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