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.
WATERWORK
Etymology
Noun
waterwork (countable and uncountable, plural waterworks)
(arts) Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls.
A textile fabric, used like tapestry.
(chiefly, in the plural) A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, such as dams, sluices, fountains, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
Wa"ter*work`, n.
1. (Paint.)
Definition: Painting executed in size or distemper, on canvas or walls, -- formerly, frequently taking the place of tapestry. Shak. Fairholt.
2. An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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