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.
HARPOONS
Noun
harpoons
plural of harpoon
Verb
harpoons
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harpoon
Source: Wiktionary
HARPOON
Har*poon", n. Etym: [F. harpon, LL. harpo, perh. of Ger. origin, fr. the harp; cf. F. harper to take and grasp strongly, harpe a dog's claw, harpin boathook (the sense of hook coming from the shape of the harp); but cf. also Gr. harpy. Cf. Harp.]
Definition: A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun. Harpoon fork, a kind of hayfork, consisting of bar with hinged barbs at one end a loop for a rope at the other end, used for lifting hay from the load by horse power.
– Harpoon gun, a gun used in the whale fishery for shooting the harpoon into a whale.
Har*poon", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harpooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Harpooning.]
Definition: To strike, catch, or kill with a harpoon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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