In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
LOGGERHEADS
Noun
loggerheads
plural of loggerhead
Fisticuffs; fighting.
(dialect) The knapweed.
Source: Wiktionary
Log"ger*heads`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: The knapweed.
LOGGERHEAD
Log"ger*head`, n. Etym: [Log + head.]
1. A blockhead; a dunce; a numskull. Shak. Milton.
2. A spherical mass of iron, with a long handle, used to heat tar.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: An upright piece of round timber, in a whaleboat, over which a turn of the line is taken when it is running out too fast. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A very large marine turtle (Thalassochelys caretta, or caouana), common in the warmer parts of the Atlantic Ocean, from Brazil to Cape Cod; -- called also logger-headed turtle.
5. (Zoöl.)
Definition: An American shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus), similar to the butcher bird, but smaller. See Shrike. To be at loggerheads, To fall to loggerheads, or To go to loggerheads, to quarrel; to be at strife. L' Estrange.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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