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.
CHORDING
Verb
chording
present participle of chord
Noun
chording (countable and uncountable, plural chordings)
An arrangement of musical chords.
(computing) The ability, using a keyboard or similar device, to enter characters or commands in the form of "chords" by pressing several keys simultaneously.
Source: Wiktionary
CHORD
Chord, n. Etym: [L chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr. cord. See Cord.]
1. The string of a musical instrument. Milton.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord.
3. (Geom.)
Definition: A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.
4. (Anat.)
Definition: A cord. See Cord, n., 4.
5. (Engin.)
Definition: The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension. Waddell. Accidental, Common, and Vocal chords. See under Accidental, Common, and Vocal.
– Chord of an arch. See Illust. of Arch.
– Chord of curvature, a chord drawn from any point of a curve, in the circle of curvature for that point.
– Scale of chords. See Scale.
Chord, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Chording.]
Definition: To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune. When Jubal struck the chorded shell. Dryden. Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp. Beecher.
Chord, v. i. (Mus.)
Definition: To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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