In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
INTERMISSIONS
Noun
intermissions
plural of intermission
Anagrams
• misinsertions
Source: Wiktionary
INTERMISSION
In`ter*mis"sion, n. Etym: [L. intermissio: cf. F. intermission. See Intermit.]
1. The act or the state of intermitting; the state of being neglected or disused; disuse; discontinuance. B. Jonson.
2. Cessation for a time; an intervening period of time; an interval; a temporary pause; as, to labor without intermission; an intermission of ten minutes. Rest or intermission none I find. Milton.
3. (Med.)
Definition: The temporary cessation or subsidence of a fever; the space of time between the paroxysms of a disease. Intermission is an entire cessation, as distinguished from remission, or abatement of fever.
4. Intervention; interposition. [Obs.] Heylin.
Syn.
– Cessation; interruption; interval; pause; stop; rest; suspension. See Cessation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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