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.
WOODCUTTINGS
Noun
woodcuttings
plural of woodcutting
Source: Wiktionary
WOODCUTTING
Wood"cut`ting, n.
1. The act or employment of cutting wood or timber.
2. The act or art of engraving on wood. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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