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.
TAPPETS
Noun
tappets
plural of tappet
Anagrams
• Pap test, tappest
Source: Wiktionary
TAPPET
Tap"pet, n. (Mach.)
Definition: A lever or projection moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch something else, with a view to produce change or regulate motion. G. Francis. Tappet motion, a valve motion worked by tappets from a reciprocating part, without an eccentric or cam, -- used in steam pumps, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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