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.
CYCLOSTYLED
Verb
cyclostyled
simple past tense and past participle of cyclostyle
Adjective
cyclostyled (not comparable)
(of a document) copied using a cyclostyle
(architecture) having a cyclostyle
Source: Wiktionary
CYCLOSTYLE
Cy"clo*style (s"kl-stl), n. Etym: [Cyclo + style.]
Definition: A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred with an inked roller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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