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.
GIMPS
Proper noun
GIMPS
Initialism of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search: a collaborative project using home computers to find large prime numbers.
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gimps
plural of gimp
Verb
gimps
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gimp
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GIMPs
plural of GIMP
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Source: Wiktionary
GIMP
Gimp, a. Etym: [W. gwymp fair, neat, comely.]
Definition: Smart; spruce; trim; nice. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Gimp, n. Etym: [OF. guimpe, guimple, a nun's wimple, F. guimpe, OHG. wimpal a veil G. wimpel pennon, pendant. See Wimple, n.]
Definition: A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it;
– used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc. Gimp nail, an upholsterer's small nail.
Gimp, v. t.
Definition: To notch; to indent; to jag.
GIMP
Gimp, a. Etym: [W. gwymp fair, neat, comely.]
Definition: Smart; spruce; trim; nice. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Gimp, n. Etym: [OF. guimpe, guimple, a nun's wimple, F. guimpe, OHG. wimpal a veil G. wimpel pennon, pendant. See Wimple, n.]
Definition: A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it;
– used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc. Gimp nail, an upholsterer's small nail.
Gimp, v. t.
Definition: To notch; to indent; to jag.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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