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.
DEPTHS
depths
(noun) (plural) the deepest and most remote part; “from the depths of darkest Africa”; “signals received from the depths of space”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
depths
plural of depth
(literary) The deepest part. (Usually of a body of water.)
(literary) A very remote part.
(of an emotion, mystery) The lowest point, all-time low, nadir.
The most severe or involved period.
Usage notes
• Since the meaning is superlative, it is almost always used with the definite article the.
Source: Wiktionary
DEPTH
Depth, n. Etym: [From Deep; akin to D. diepte, Icel. d, d, Goth. diupi.]
1. The quality of being deep; deepness; perpendicular measurement downward from the surface,or horizontal measurement backward from the front; as, the depth of a river; the depth of a body of troops.
2. Profoundness; extent or degree of intensity; abundance; completeness; as, depth of knowledge, or color. Mindful of that heavenly love Which knows no end in depth or height. Keble.
3. Lowness; as, depth of sound.
4. That which is deep; a deep, or the deepest, part or place; the deep; the middle part; as, the depth of night, or of winter. From you unclouded depth above. Keble. The depth closed me round about. Jonah ii. 5.
5. (Logic)
Definition: The number of simple elements which an abstract conception or notion includes; the comprehension or content.
6. (Horology)
Definition: A pair of toothed wheels which work together. [R.]
Depth of a sail (Naut.), the extent of a square sail from the head rope to the foot rope; the length of the after leach of a staysail or boom sail; -- commonly called the drop of sail.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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