In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
KECKLING
Noun
keckling (countable and uncountable, plural kecklings)
Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable.
Source: Wiktionary
Kec"kling, n.
Definition: Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See Keckle, v. t.
KECKLE
Kec"kle, v. i. & n.
Definition: See Keck, v. i. & n.
Kec"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Keckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Keckling.] (Naut.)
Definition: To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice. Totten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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