In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SOAKAGE
soak, soakage, soaking
(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
soakage (countable and uncountable, plural soakages)
The act of soaking.
The amount of liquid soaked in.
A source of water in Australian deserts, where water has seeped into the sand.
(Irish, informal) food or nonalcoholic beverages consumed before or during a bout of drinking to slow down the onset of drunkenness
Source: Wiktionary
Soak"age, n.
Definition: The act of soaking, or the state of being soaked; also, the quantity that enters or issues by soaking.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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