In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
RAZEED
Verb
razeed
simple past tense and past participle of razee
Anagrams
• darzee
Source: Wiktionary
RAZEE
Ra*zee", n. Etym: [F. vaisseau rasé, fr. raser to rase, to cut down ships. See Raze, v. t., Rase, v. t.] (Naut.)
Definition: An armed ship having her upper deck cut away, and thus reduced to the next inferior rate, as a seventy-four cut down to a frigate. Totten.
Ra*zee", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Razeed; p. pr. & vb. n. Razeeing.]
Definition: To cut down to a less number of decks, and thus to an inferior rate or glass, as a ship; hence, to prune or abridge by cutting off or retrenching parts; as, to razee a book, or an article.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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