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.
LINKWORK
Etymology
Noun
linkwork (countable and uncountable, plural linkworks)
A fabric made from linked pieces of metal.
A mechanism of linked components.
Source: Wiktionary
Link"work`, n.
1. A fabric consisting of links made of metal or other material fastened together; also, a chain. And thou shalt make hooks of gold, and two chains of fine gold; linkwork and wreathed. Udall.
2. Mechanism in which links, or intermediate connecting pieces, are employed to transmit motion from one part to another.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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