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.
VERMICULATIONS
Noun
vermiculations
plural of vermiculation
Source: Wiktionary
VERMICULATION
Ver*mic`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. vermiculatio a being worm-eaten.]
1. The act or operation of moving in the manner of a worm; continuation of motion from one part to another; as, the vermiculation, or peristaltic motion, of the intestines.
2. The act of vermiculating, or forming or inlaying so as to resemble the motion, track, or work of a worm.
3. Penetration by worms; the state of being wormeaten.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A very fine wavy crosswise color marking, or a patch of such markings, as on the feathers of birds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TERNARY
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