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.
SCALPELS
Noun
scalpels
plural of scalpel
Source: Wiktionary
SCALPEL
Scal"pel, n. Etym: [L scalpellum, dim. of scalprum a knife, akin to scalpere to cut, carve, scrape: cf. F. scalpel.] (Surg.)
Definition: A small knife with a thin, keen blade, -- used by surgeons, and in dissecting.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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