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.
CARBINES
Noun
carbines
plural of carbine
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Source: Wiktionary
CARBINE
Car"bine, n. Etym: [F. carbine, OF. calabrin carabineer (cf. Ot. calabrina a policeman), fr. OF & Pr. calabre, OF. cable, chable, an engine of war used in besieging, fr. LL. chadabula, cabulus, a kind of projectile machine, fr. Gr. Parable.] (Mil.)
Definition: A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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