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.
CLARINET
clarinet
(noun) a single-reed instrument with a straight tube
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
clarinet (plural clarinets)
(musical instruments) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).
Synonym: agony-pipe
Anagrams
• INTERCAL, litracen
Source: Wiktionary
Clar"i*net`, n. Etym: [F. clarinette, dim. of clarine, from L. clarus. See Clear, and cf. Clarion.] (Mus.)
Definition: A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band.
Note: [Often improperly called clarionet.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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