In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
MILIARY
Etymology
Adjective
miliary (comparative more miliary, superlative most miliary)
Of or pertaining to millet seeds.
(medicine) Having small lesions that are the shape and size of millet seeds.
Small and numerous.
Noun
miliary (plural miliaries)
(zoology) One of the small tubercles of Echinus sea urchins.
Source: Wiktionary
Mil"ia*ry, a. Etym: [L. miliarius, fr. milium millet: cf. F. miliaire.]
1. Like millet seeds; as, a miliary eruption.
2. (Med.)
Definition: Accompanied with an eruption like millet seeds; as, a miliary fever.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Small and numerous; as, the miliary tubercles of Echini.
Mil"ia*ry, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the small tubercles of Echini.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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