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.
SAWHORSE
sawhorse, horse, sawbuck, buck
(noun) a framework for holding wood that is being sawed
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sawhorse (plural sawhorses)
A structure with a crosspiece used to support timber or other material for working.
Synonyms
• sawbuck, saw-stool, saw-trestle
Anagrams
• asswhore
Source: Wiktionary
Saw"horse`, n.
Definition: A kind of rack, shaped like a double St. Andrew's cross, on which sticks of wood are laid for sawing by hand; -- called also buck, and sawbuck.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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