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.
TOMAHAWKED
Verb
tomahawked
simple past tense and past participle of tomahawk
Adjective
tomahawked (not comparable)
Carrying or bearing a tomahawk.
Source: Wiktionary
TOMAHAWK
Tom"a*hawk, n. Etym: [Of American Indian origin; cf. Algonkin tomehagen, Mohegan tumnahegan, Delaware tamoihecan.]
Definition: A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.
Tom"a*hawk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tomahawked; p. pr. & vb. n. Tomahawking.]
Definition: To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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