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.
CHAMFERED
Verb
chamfered
simple past tense and past participle of chamfer
Source: Wiktionary
CHAMFER
Cham"fer, n. Etym: [See Chamfron.]
Definition: The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.
Cham"fer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chamfered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Chamfering.(
1. (Carp.)
Definition: To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute.
2. To make a chamfer on.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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