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.
SERRATION
serration
(noun) a single notch in a row of notches; “one of the serrations was broken off”
serration
(noun) a row of notches; “the pliers had serrations to improve the grip”
serration
(noun) the condition of being serrated; “the serrations of a city skyline”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
serration (countable and uncountable, plural serrations)
(uncountable) The state of being serrated.
(countable) A set of teeth or notches.
(countable) One of the teeth in a serrated or serrate edge.
Anagrams
• Torresian, errations, rationers
Source: Wiktionary
Ser*ra"tion, n.
1. Condition of being serrate; formation in the shape of a saw.
2. One of the teeth in a serrate or serrulate margin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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