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.
COMPACTION
crush, crunch, compaction
(noun) the act of crushing
compaction, compression, concretion, densification
(noun) an increase in the density of something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
compaction (countable and uncountable, plural compactions)
The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.
Source: Wiktionary
Com*pac"tion, n. Etym: [L. compactio.]
Definition: The act of making compact, or the state of being compact. [Obs.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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