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.
NICTATION
blink, eye blink, blinking, wink, winking, nictitation, nictation
(noun) a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nictation (countable and uncountable, plural nictations)
An act or instance of winking or blinking; a wink, a blink.
Anagrams
• antitonic
Source: Wiktionary
Nic*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. nictatio nictation.]
Definition: the act of winking; nictitation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CHELICERA
(noun) either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing
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