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.
SIDESLIP
slip, sideslip
(noun) a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
skid, slip, sideslip
(noun) an unexpected slide
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sideslip (plural sideslips)
(aviation) A flight manoeuvre that moves the aircraft sideways without turning it.
Verb
sideslip (third-person singular simple present sideslips, present participle sideslipping, simple past and past participle sideslipped)
(aviation) To perform a flight manoeuvre that moves the aircraft sideways without turning it.
Source: Wiktionary
Side"-slip`, v. i.
Definition: See Skid, below.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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