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.
NAVICULARS
Noun
naviculars
plural of navicular
Source: Wiktionary
NAVICULAR
Na*vic"u*lar, a. Etym: [L. navicularius, fr. navicula, dim. of navis ship: cf. F. naviculaire.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a boat or ship.
2. Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone. Navicular bone. (Anat.) (a) One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding to the centrale; -- called also scaphoid. (b) A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the scaphoid.
– Navicular disease (Far.), a disease affecting the navicular bone, or the adjacent parts, in a horse's foot.
Na*vic"u*lar, n. (Anat.)
Definition: The navicular bone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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