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.
POINTEL
graver, graving tool, pointel, pointrel
(noun) a tool used by an engraver
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
pointel (plural pointels)
A sharp instrument; any sharp-pointed thing.
Etymology 2
Noun
pointel (plural pointels)
(computer graphics) Any of the eight vertices of a voxel.
Anagrams
• pontile, potline, top line, topline
Source: Wiktionary
Point"el, n. Etym: [From Point. Cf. Pointal.]
Definition: See Pointal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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