In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
MATTED
matted
(adjective) tangled in a dense mass; “tried to push through the matted undergrowth”
flat, mat, matt, matte, matted
(adjective) not reflecting light; not glossy; “flat wall paint”; “a photograph with a matte finish”
MAT
felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
(verb) change texture so as to become matted and felt-like; “The fabric felted up after several washes”
entangle, tangle, mat, snarl
(verb) twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; “The child entangled the cord”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
matted
simple past tense and past participle of mat
Adjective
matted (comparative more matted, superlative most matted)
forming a thick tangled mess
covered with mats or matting
Source: Wiktionary
Mat"ted, a. Etym: [See Matte.]
Definition: Having a dull surface; unburnished; as, matted gold leaf or gilding. Matted glass, glass ornamented with figures on a dull ground.
Mat"ted, a. Etym: [See 3d Mat.]
1. Covered with a mat or mats; as, a matted floor.
2. Tangled closely together; having its parts adhering closely together; as, matted hair.
MAT
Mat, n. Etym: [Cf. Matte.]
Definition: A name given by coppersmiths to an alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc., usually called white metal. [Written also matt.]
Mat, a. Etym: [OF. See 4th Mate.]
Definition: Cast down; dejected; overthrown; slain. [Obs.] When he saw them so piteous and so maat. Chaucer.
Mat, n. Etym: [AS. matt, meatt, fr. L. matta a mat made of rushes.]
1. A fabric of sedge, rushes, flags, husks, straw, hemp, or similar material, used for wiping and cleaning shoes at the door, for covering the floor of a hall or room, and for other purposes.
2. Any similar fabric for various uses, as for covering plant houses, putting beneath dishes or lamps on a table, securing rigging from friction, and the like.
3. Anything growing thickly, or closely interwoven, so as to resemble a mat in form or texture; as, a mat of weeds; a mat of hair.
4. An ornamental border made of paper, pasterboard, metal, etc., put under the glass which covers a framed picture; as, the mat of a daguerreotype. Mat grass. (Bot.) (a) A low, tufted, European grass (Nardus stricta). (b) Same as Matweed.
– Mat rush (Bot.), a kind of rush (Scirpus lacustris) used in England for making mats.
Mat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matted; p. pr. & vb. n. Matting.]
1. To cover or lay with mats. Evelyn.
2. To twist, twine, or felt together; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle. And o'er his eyebrows hung his matted hair. Dryden.
Mat, v. i.
Definition: To grow thick together; to become interwoven or felted together like a mat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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