In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SED
Etymology 1
Proper noun
sed
(computing) A noninteractive text editor (originally developed in Unix), intended for making systematic edits in an automatic or batch-oriented way.
Verb
sed (third-person singular simple present seds, present participle sedding, simple past and past participle sedded)
(neologism, slang) To edit a file or stream of text using sed.
Etymology 2
Noun
sed (plural seds)
(fishing) A line fastening a fish-hook.
Synonym: snood
Etymology 3
Verb
sed
Eye dialect spelling of said.
Anagrams
• DES, DEs, Des, EDS, EDs, ESD, Esd., SDE, dEs, des, des-, eds, eds.
Noun
SED (countable and uncountable, plural SEDs)
(electronics) Initialism of surface-conduction electron-emitter display.
(astronomy, physics) Initialism of spectral energy distribution.
(pathology) Initialism of selective eating disorder.
(computing) Initialism of self-encrypting drive.
(sociology) Initialism of socio-economic development.
Anagrams
• DES, DEs, Des, EDS, EDs, ESD, Esd., SDE, dEs, des, des-, eds, eds.
Source: Wiktionary
SAY
Say, obs. imp. of See.
Definition: Saw. Chaucer.
Say, n. Etym: [Aphetic form of assay.]
1. Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack. [Obs.] if those principal works of God . . . be but certain tastes and saus, as if were, of that final benefit. Hooker. Thy tongue some say of breeding breathes. Shak.
2. Tried quality; temper; proof. [Obs.] he found a sword of better say. Spenser.
3. Essay; trial; attempt. [Obs.] To give a say at, to attempt. B. Jonson.
Say, v. t.
Definition: To try; to assay. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Say, n. Etym: [OE. saie, F. saie, fr. L. saga, equiv. to sagum, sagus, a coarse woolen mantle; cf. Gr. Sagum.]
1. A kind of silk or satin. [Obs.] Thou say, thou serge, nay, thou buckram lord! Shak.
2. A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth. [Obs.] His garment neither was of silk nor say. Spenser.
Say, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Said, contracted from sayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Saying.] Etym: [OE. seggen, seyen, siggen, sayen, sayn, AS. secgan; akin to OS. seggian, D. zeggen, LG. seggen, OHG. sag, G. sagen, Icel. segja, Sw. säga, Dan. sige, Lith. sakyti; cf. OL. insece teil, relate, Gr. Saga, Saw a saying.]
1. To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things. Arise, and say how thou camest here. Shak.
2. To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson. Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated In what thou hadst to say Shak. After which shall be said or sung the following hymn. Bk. of Com. Prayer.
3. To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to. But what it is, hard is to say. Milton.
4. To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles. Say, for nonpayment that the debt should double, Is twenty hundred kisses such a trouble Shak. It is said, or They say, it is commonly reported; it is rumored; people assert or maintain.
– That is to say, that is; in other words; otherwise.
Say, v. i.
Definition: To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply. You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge. Shak. To this argument we shall soon have said; for what concerns it us to hear a husband divulge his household privacies Milton.
Say, n. Etym: [From Say, v. t.; cf. Saw a saying.]
Definition: A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb. [Archaic or Colloq.] He no sooner said out his say, but up rises a cunning snap. L'Estrange. That strange palmer's boding say, That fell so ominous and drear Full on the object of his fear. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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