In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
INSCRIBED
engraved, etched, graven, incised, inscribed
(adjective) cut or impressed into a surface; “an incised design”; “engraved invitations”
inscribed
(adjective) written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
inscribed
simple past tense and past participle of inscribe
Source: Wiktionary
INSCRIBE
In*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inscribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inscribing.] Etym: [L. inscribere. See 1st In-, and Scribe.]
1. To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint. Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone. Pope.
2. To mark with letters, charakters, or words. O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone. Pope.
3. To assign or address to; to commend to by a shot address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend. Dryden.
4. To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory.
5. (Geom.)
Definition: To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries.
Note: A line is inscribed in a circle, or in a sphere, when its two ends are in the circumference of the circle, or in the surface of the sphere. A triangle is inscribed in another triangle, when the three angles of the former are severally on the three sides of the latter. A circle is inscribed in a polygon, when it touches each side of the polygon. A sphere is inscribed in a polyhedron, when the sphere touches each boundary plane of the polyhedron. The latter figure in each case is circumscribed about the former.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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