In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
GRAYS
Proper noun
Grays
A town in Essex, England, on the north side of the River Thames. Also known as Grays Thurrock.
Noun
grays
plural of gray
Verb
grays
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gray
Source: Wiktionary
GRAY
Gray, a. [Compar. Grayer (; superl. Grayest.] Etym: [OE. gray, grey, AS. grg, grg; akin to D. graauw OHG. gro, G. grau, Dan. graa, Dw. gr, Icel. grdr.] [Written also grey.]
1. White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove. These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks. Sir I. Newton.
2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. Ames. Gray antimony (Min.), stibnite.
РGray buck (Zo̦l.), the chickara.
– Gray cobalt (Min.), smaltite.
– Gray copper (Min.), tetrahedrite.
РGray duck (Zo̦l.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard.
РGray falcon (Zo̦l.) the peregrine falcon.
– Gray Friar. See Franciscan, and Friar.
РGray hen (Zo̦l.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See Heath grouse.
– Gray mill or millet (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus Lithospermum; gromwell.
– Gray mullet (Zoöl.) any one of the numerous species of the genus Mugil, or family Mugilidæ, found both in the Old World and America; as the European species (M. capito, and M. auratus), the American striped mullet (M. albula), and the white or silver mullet (M. Braziliensis). See Mullet.
РGray owl (Zo̦l.), the European tawny or brown owl (Syrnium aluco). The great gray owl (Ulula cinerea) inhabits arctic America.
РGray parrot (Zo̦l.), a parrot (Psittacus erithacus), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk.
РGray pike. (Zo̦l.) See Sauger.
РGray snapper (Zo̦l.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See Snapper.
РGray snipe (Zo̦l.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.
РGray whale (Zo̦l.), a rather large and swift California whale (Rhachianectes glaucus), formerly taken in large numbers in the bays;
– called also grayback, devilfish, and hardhead.
Gray, n.
1. A gray color; any mixture of white and black; also, a neutral or whitish tint.
2. An animal or thing of gray color, as a horse, a badger, or a kind of salmon. Woe worth the chase, woe worth the day. That coats thy life, my gallant gray. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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