In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
CRASHING
blinking, bally(a), bloody, blooming, crashing, flaming, fucking
(adjective) informal intensifiers; “what a bally (or blinking) nuisance”; “a bloody fool”; “a crashing bore”; “you flaming idiot”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
crashing
present participle of crash
Noun
crashing (plural crashings)
The sound or action of something that crashes.
Anagrams
• archings, chagrins
Source: Wiktionary
Crash"ing, n.
Definition: The noise of many things falling and breaking at once. There shall be . . . a great crashing from the hills. Zeph. i. 10.
CRASH
Crash (kr), v. t. [imp & p. p. Crashed (kr; p. pr & vb. n. Crashing.] Etym: [OE. crashen, the same word as crasen to break, E. craze. See Craze.]
Definition: To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence. [R.] He shakt his head, and crasht his teeth for ire. Fairfax.
Crash, v. i.
1. To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise. Roofs were blazing and walls crashing in every part of the city. Macualay.
2. To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.
Crash, n.
1. A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of manu things falling and breaking at once. The wreck of matter and the crash of worlds. Addison.
2. Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.
Crash, n. Etym: [L. crassus coarse. See Crass.]
Definition: Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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