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.
EUTECTICS
Noun
eutectics
plural of eutectic
Source: Wiktionary
EUTECTIC
Eu*tec"tic, a. [Gr. e'y`thktos easily melted; e'y^ well + th`kein to melt.] (Physics)
Definition: Of maximum fusibility; -- said of an alloy or mixture which has the lowest melting point which it is possible to obtain by the combination of the given components.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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