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.
WEIGHBRIDGES
Noun
weighbridges
plural of weighbridge
Source: Wiktionary
WEIGHBRIDGE
Weigh"bridge`, n.
Definition: A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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