In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
CARBINOL
Noun
carbinol (usually uncountable, plural carbinols)
(obsolete, organic compound, uncountable) The compound methanol.
(obsolete, organic chemistry, countable) Any substituted methanol.
Source: Wiktionary
Car"bi*nol, n. Etym: [Carbin (Kolbe's name for the radical) + -ol.] (Chem.)
Definition: Methyl alcohol, CH3OH; -- also, by extension, any one in the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is the type.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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