In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
REFLUX
ebb, reflux
(noun) the outward flow of the tide
reflux
(noun) an abnormal backward flow of body fluids
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
reflux (countable and uncountable, plural refluxes)
The backwards flow of any fluid.
(chemistry) A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period.
(pathology) The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus.
Verb
reflux (third-person singular simple present refluxes, present participle refluxing, simple past and past participle refluxed)
To flow back or return.
To boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser
Source: Wiktionary
Re"flux` (r"flks`), a.
Definition: Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action.
Re"flux`, n. Etym: [F. reflux. See Refluent, Flux.]
Definition: A flowing back, as the return of a fluid; ebb; reaction; as, the flux and reflux of the tides. All from me Shall with a fierce reflux on me redound. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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