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.
ECRASEUR
Etymology
Noun
ecraseur (plural ecraseurs)
(surgery) A surgical instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a chain to avoid haemorrhage.
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Source: Wiktionary
e`cra`seur", n. Etym: [F., fr. Ă©craser to crush.] (Surg.)
Definition: An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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