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.
SHUTTER
shutter
(noun) a hinged blind for a window
shutter
(noun) a mechanical device on a camera that opens and closes to control the time of a photographic exposure
shutter
(verb) close with shutters; “We shuttered the window to keep the house cool”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
shutter (plural shutters)
One who shuts or closes something.
(usually, in the plural) Protective panels, usually wooden, placed over windows to block out the light.
(photography) The part of a camera, normally closed, that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in when taking a picture.
Verb
shutter (third-person singular simple present shutters, present participle shuttering, simple past and past participle shuttered)
(transitive) To close shutters covering.
(transitive, figurative) To close up (a building) for a prolonged period of inoccupancy.
(transitive) To cancel or terminate.
Anagrams
• Hutters, hurtest, hutters
Source: Wiktionary
Shut"ter, n.
1. One who shuts or closes.
2. A movable cover or screen for a window, designed to shut out the light, to obstruct the view, or to be of some strength as a defense; a blind.
3. A removable cover, or a gate, for closing an aperture of any kind, as for closing the passageway for molten iron from a ladle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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