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.
SINTERS
Noun
sinters
plural of sinter
Anagrams
• Inserts, Stiners, Strines, estrins, inserts, sestrin, sistern, sistren
Source: Wiktionary
SINTER
Sin"ter, n. Etym: [G. Cf. Cinder.] (Min.)
Definition: Dross, as of iron; the scale which files from iron when hammered; -- applied as a name to various minerals. Calcareous sinter, a loose banded variety of calcite formed by deposition from lime-bearing waters; calcareous tufa; travertine.
– Ceraunian sinter, fulgurite.
– Siliceous sinter, a light cellular or fibrous opal; especially, geyserite (see Geyserite). It has often a pearly luster, and is then called pearl sinter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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