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.
SQUIDDING
SQUID
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
squidding (uncountable)
(parachuting) An improper, partial, parachute inflation, that results in the sides of the parachute folding in on the center, and pulsating back and forth. The action of "to squid".
Verb
squidding
present participle of squid
Source: Wiktionary
SQUID
Squid, n. Etym: [Cf. Squirt.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of ten-armed cephalopods having a long, tapered body, and a caudal fin on each side; especially, any species of Loligo, Ommastrephes, and related genera. See Calamary, Decacerata, Dibranchiata.
Note: Some of these squids are very abundant on the Atlantic coast of North America, and are used in large quantities for bait, especially in the cod fishery. The most abundant of the American squids are the northern squid (Ommastrephes illecebrosus), ranging from Southern New England to Newfoundland, and the southern squid (Loligo Pealii), ranging from Virginia to Massachusetts.
2. A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance, fastened on its shank to imitate a squid. Flying squid, Giant squid. (Zoöl.) See under Flying, and Giant.
– Squid hound (Zoöl.), the striped bass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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