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.
DEMILUNES
Noun
demilunes
plural of demilune
Source: Wiktionary
DEMILUNE
Dem"i*lune`, n. Etym: [F. demi-lune.]
1. (Fort.)
Definition: A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
Note: Each crescent is made of polyhedral cells which under some circumstances are supposed to give rise to new salivary cells.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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