In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
OVERBLOW
Etymology 1
Verb
overblow (third-person singular simple present overblows, present participle overblowing, simple past overblew, past participle overblown)
(transitive) To cover with blossoms or flowers.
Etymology 2
Verb
overblow (third-person singular simple present overblows, present participle overblowing, simple past overblew, past participle overblown)
(intransitive, obsolete) To blow over; pass over; pass away.
(intransitive) To blow hard or with much violence.
(transitive) To blow over or across.
(transitive) To blow away; dissipate by or as by wind.
(transitive) To exaggerate the significance of something.
(transitive, music) To blow a wind instrument (typically a whistle, recorder or flute) hard to produce a higher pitch than usual.
(intransitive, music) Of a wind instrument, to move from its lower to its higher register.
Anagrams
• blow over, bowl over
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*blow", v. i.
1. To blow over, or be subdued. [R.] Spenser.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: To force so much wind into a pipe that it produces an overtone, or a note higher than the natural note; thus, the upper octaves of a flute are produced by overblowing.
O`ver*blow", v. t.
Definition: To blow away; to dissipate by wind, or as by wind. When this cloud of sorrow's overblown. Waller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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