In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
OSCULATING
Verb
osculating
present participle of osculate
Adjective
osculating (comparative more osculating, superlative most osculating)
(mathematics, of a curve) Having three or more points coincident with another
Anagrams
• scaling out
Source: Wiktionary
OSCULATE
Os"cu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Osculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Osculating.] Etym: [L. osculatus, p. p. of osculari to kiss, fr. osculum a little mouth, a kiss, dim. of os mouth. See Oral, and cf. Oscillate.]
1. To kiss.
2. (Geom.)
Definition: To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.
Os"cu*late, v. i.
1. To kiss one another; to kiss.
2. (Geom.)
Definition: To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.
3. (Biol.)
Definition: To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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