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.
CUTWATER
Etymology
Noun
cutwater (plural cutwaters)
(nautical) The forward curve of the stem of a ship
The wedge of a bridge pier, that resists the flow of water and ice.
A black skimmer; a sea bird of the species Rynchops niger, that flies low over the sea, "cutting" the water surface with its lower mandible to catch small fish.
Source: Wiktionary
Cut"wa`ter (kt"wa`tr), n. (Naut.)
1. The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water.
2. A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a birdge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the pier itself.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A sea bird of the Atlantic (Rhynchops nigra); -- called also black skimmer, scissorsbill, and razorbill. See Skimmer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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