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.
CROSSBARRED
Etymology
Adjective
crossbarred (not comparable)
Secured by, or furnished with, crossbars.
Made or patterned in lines crossing each other.
Source: Wiktionary
Cross"barred` (-brd`), a.
1. Secured by, or furnished with, crossbars. Milton.
2. Made or patterned in lines crossing each other; as, crossbarred muslin.
CROSSBAR
Cross"bar` (-br`), n.
Definition: A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down. Russell. Crossbar shot, a projectile which folds into a sphere for loading, but on leaving the gun expands to a cross with a quarter ball at the end of each arm; -- used in naval actions for cutting the enemy's rigging.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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