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.
SHINS
Noun
shins
plural of shin
Verb
shins
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shin
Source: Wiktionary
SHIN
Shin, n. Etym: [OE. shine, schine, AS. scina; akin to D. scheen, OHG. scina, G. schiene, schienbein, Dan. skinnebeen, Sw. skenben. Cf. Chine.]
1. The front part of the leg below the knee; the front edge of the shin bone; the lower part of the leg; the shank. "On his shin." Chaucer.
2. (Railbroad)
Definition: A fish plate for rails. Knight. Shin bone (Anat.), the tibia.
– Shin leaf (Bot.), a perennial ericaceous herb (Pyrola elliptica) with a cluster of radical leaves and a raceme of greenish white flowers.
Shin, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Shinning.]
1. To climb a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like; -- used with up; as, to shin up a mast. [Slang]
2. To run about borrowing money hastily and temporarily, as for the payment of one's notes at the bank. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.
Shin, v. t.
Definition: To climb (a pole, etc.) by shinning up. [Slang]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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