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.
SPLICE
splice, splicing
(noun) a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together; “the break was due to an imperfect splice”
splice
(verb) join by interweaving strands; “Splice the wires”
splice
(verb) join together so as to form new genetic combinations; “splice genes”
splice
(verb) join the ends of; “splice film”
marry, wed, tie, splice
(verb) perform a marriage ceremony; “The minister married us on Saturday”; “We were wed the following week”; “The couple got spliced on Hawaii”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
splice (plural splices)
(nautical) A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.
(electrical) The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.
(cricket) That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.
Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.
(genetics) The process of removing intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then joining together exons.
Hyponyms
• comma splice
• cut splice
• cunt splice
• eye splice
Verb
splice (third-person singular simple present splices, present participle splicing, simple past and past participle spliced)
To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.
To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc, by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
(slang) To unite in marriage.
(figuratively) To unite as if splicing.
(genetics) To remove intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then join together exons.
Source: Wiktionary
Splice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spliced; p. pr. & vb. n. Splicing.] Etym: [D. splitsen, splitten; akin to G. splissen, Sw. splissa, Dan. splisse, and E. split; -- from the dividing or splitting the ends into separate strands. See Split, v. t.]
1. To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.
2. To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.
3. To unite in marrige. [Slang] Splice grafting.ee under Grafting.
– To splice the main brace (Naut.), to give out, or drink, an extra allowance of spirits on occasion of special exposure to wet or cold, or to severe fatigue; hence, to take a dram.
Splice, n.
Definition: A junction or joining made by splicing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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