In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
CUTOFF
cutoff
(noun) a device that terminates the flow in a pipe
shortcut, cutoff, crosscut
(noun) a route shorter than the usual one
cutoff
(noun) a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cutoff (plural cutoffs)
The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
(medicine) A cutoff point (cutoff value, threshold value, cutpoint): the amount set by an operational definition as the transition point between states in a discretization or dichotomization.
A road, path or channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut.
A device that stops the flow of a current.
A device for saving steam by regulating its admission to the cylinder (see quotation at cut-off).
A cessation in a flow or activity.
(poker) The player who acts directly before the player on the button pre-flop.
(chiefly, in the plural) shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers
(journalism) A horizontal line separating sections of the page.
Adjective
cutoff (comparative more cutoff, superlative most cutoff)
Constituting a limit or ending.
(psychology) and (medicine) Designating a score or value demarcating the presence (or absence) of a disease, condition, or similar.
Anagrams
• offcut
Source: Wiktionary
Cut"-off` (kt"f`; 115), n.
1. That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.
2. (Mach.) (a) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion. (b) Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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