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.
MIDSHIP
Etymology
Adjective
midship
Pertaining to the middle of a ship or a boat.
Noun
midship
The middle of a ship or a boat.
Source: Wiktionary
Mid"ship`, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to, or being in, the middle of a ship. Midship beam (Naut.), the beam or timber upon which the broadest part of a vessel is formed.
– Midship bend, the broadest frame in a vessel. Weale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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