In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SCARING
Verb
scaring
present participle of scare
Anagrams
• arcings, carings, crasing, racings, sacring
Source: Wiktionary
SCARE
Scare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scared; p. pr. & vb. n. Scaring.] Etym: [OE. skerren, skeren, Icel. skirra to bar, prevent, skirrask to shun , shrink from; or fr. OE. skerre, adj., scared, Icel. skjarr; both perhaps akin to E. sheer to turn.]
Definition: To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm. The noise of thy crossbow Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost. Shak. To scare away, to drive away by frightening.
– To scare up, to find by search, as if by beating for game. [Slang]
Syn.
– To alarm; frighten; startle; affright; terrify.
Scare, n.
Definition: Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or originating in mistake. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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