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.
RETOUCH
retouch
(verb) give retouches to (hair); “retouch the roots”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
retouch (third-person singular simple present retouches, present participle retouching, simple past and past participle retouched)
(transitive) To improve something (especially a photograph), by adding or correcting details, or by removing flaws.
(transitive) To colour the roots of hair to match hair previously coloured.
(archaeology) To modify a flint tool by making secondary flaking along the cutting edge.
Noun
retouch (plural retouches)
The act of retouching.
Anagrams
• Hectour, hectour, toucher
Source: Wiktionary
Re*touch", v. t. Etym: [Pref. re- + touch: cf. F. retoucher.]
1. To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay.
2. (Photog.)
Definition: To correct or change, as a negative, by handwork.
Re*touch", n. (Fine Arts)
Definition: A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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