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.
REJOINT
Re*joint" (re-joint"), v. t.
1. To reunite the joints of; to joint anew. Barrow.
2. Specifically (Arch.), to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather. Gwilt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
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