In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
RIMED
frosty, rimed, rimy
(adjective) covered with frost; “a frosty glass”; “hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost”-Wm.Faulkner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
rimed
Covered in frost
Verb
rimed
simple past tense and past participle of rime
Anagrams
• MRIed, dimer, mired
Source: Wiktionary
RIME
Rime, n. Etym: [L. rima.]
Definition: A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack. Sir T. Browne.
Rime, n. Etym: [AS. hrim; akin to D. rijm, Icel. hrim, Dan. rim, Sw. rim; cf. D. rijp, G. reif, OHG. rifo, hrifo.]
Definition: White frost; hoarfrost; congealed dew or vapor. The trees were now covered with rime. De Quincey.
Rime, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Riming.]
Definition: To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.
Rime, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: A step or round of a ladder; a rung.
Rime, n.
Definition: Rhyme. See Rhyme. Coleridge. Landor.
Note: This spelling, which is etymologically preferable, is coming into use again.
Rime, v. i. & t.
Definition: To rhyme. See Rhyme.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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