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.
PLOUGHSHARE
plowshare, ploughshare, share
(noun) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ploughshare (plural ploughshares)
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of plowshare
Source: Wiktionary
Plow"share`, Plough"share", n.
Definition: The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow. Plowshare bone (Anat.), the pygostyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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