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.
GUNLOCK
gunlock, firing mechanism
(noun) the action that ignites the charge in a firearm
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gunlock (plural gunlocks)
A mechanism fitted to a cannon that fires it when a cord is pulled.
Hypernyms
• lock
Source: Wiktionary
Gun"lock`, n.
Definition: The lock of a gun, for producing the discharge. See Lock.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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