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.
PUNCHEON
Etymology
Noun
puncheon (plural puncheons)
A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.
A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud.
A piece of roughly dressed timber with one face finished flat.
A split log or heavy slab of timber with the face smoothed, used for flooring or construction.
A walkway over wet ground constructed by laying planks or dressed timbers over sills set directly on the ground.
A short low bridge of similar construction. Also called puncheon bridge.
A cask used to hold liquids, having a capacity varying from 72 to 120 gallons; a tercian.
Source: Wiktionary
Punch"eon, n. Etym: [F. poinçon awl, bodkin, crown, king-post, fr. L. punctio a pricking, fr. pungere to prick. See Pungent, and cf. Punch a tool, Punction.]
1. A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.
2. (Carp.)
Definition: A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud. Oxf. Gloss.
3. A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons. [U.S.] Bartlett.
4. Etym: [F. poinçon, perh. the same as poinçon an awl.]
Definition: A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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