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.
CUSPS
Noun
cusps
plural of cusp
Anagrams
• scups
Source: Wiktionary
CUSP
Cusp (ksp), n. Etym: [L. cuspis, -idis, point, pointed end.]
1. (Arch.)
Definition: A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery.
2. (Astrol.)
Definition: The beginning or first entrance of any house in the calculations of nativities, etc.
3. (Astron)
Definition: The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.
4. (Math.)
Definition: A multiple point of a curve at which two or more branches of the curve have a common tangent.
5. (Anat.)
Definition: A prominence or point, especially on the crown of a tooth.
6. (Bot.)
Definition: A sharp and rigid point.
Cusp, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cusped (kspt); p.pr. & vb. n. Cusping.]
Definition: To furnish with a cusp or cusps.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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