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.
UNSOLDERING
Verb
unsoldering
present participle of unsolder
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Source: Wiktionary
UNSOLDER
Un*sol"der, v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + solder.]
Definition: To separate or disunite, as what has been soldered; hence, to divide; to sunder. [Formerly written also unsoder.] Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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