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.
QUOINED
Etymology
Adjective
quoined (not comparable)
(architecture) Furnished with a quoin.
Source: Wiktionary
QUOIN
Quoin, n. Etym: [See Coin, and cf. Coigne.]
1. (Arch.)
Definition: Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked.
Note: In stone, the quoins consist of blocks larger than those used in the rest of the building, and cut to dimension. In brickwork, quoins consist of groups or masses of brick laid together, and in a certain imitation of quoins of stone.
2. A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes, as: (a) (Masonry)
Definition: to support and steady a stone. (b) (Gun.) To support the breech of a cannon. (c) (Print.) To wedge or lock up a form within a chase. (d) (Naut.) To prevent casks from rolling. Hollow quoin. See under Hollow.
– Quoin post (Canals), the post of a lock gate which abuts against the wall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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