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.
LAMINATED
Adjective
laminated (comparative more laminated, superlative most laminated)
Made by lamination.
Consisting of many thin layers.
(geology, of rocks) Splitting into thin layers parallel to bedding.
Verb
laminated
simple past tense and past participle of laminate
Anagrams
• almandite, amidantel, detailman
Source: Wiktionary
Lam"i*na`ted, a.
Definition: Laminate. Laminated arch (Arch.), a timber arch made of layers of bent planks secured by treenails.
LAMINATE
Lam"i*nate, a. Etym: [See Lamina.]
Definition: Consisting of, or covered with, laminæ, or thin plates, scales, or layers, one over another; laminated.
Lam"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Laminated; p. pr. & vb. n. Laminating.] Etym: [See Lamina.]
1. To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
2. To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling.
Lam"i*nate, v. i.
Definition: To separate into laminæ.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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