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.
FOURCHETTE
Etymology
Noun
fourchette (plural fourchettes)
(anatomy) A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi).
A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove.
(surgery) An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenulum.
The wishbone or furculum of birds
The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
(card games) The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.
Source: Wiktionary
Four`chette", n. Etym: [F., dim. of fourche. See Fork.]
1. A table fork.
2. (Anat.) (a) A small fold of membrane, connecting the labia in the posterior part of the vulva. (b) The wishbone or furculum of birds. (c) The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
3. (Surg.)
Definition: An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frænum.
4. (Glove Making)
Definition: The forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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