In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SPAWNED
Verb
spawned
simple past tense and past participle of spawn
Anagrams
• despawn
Source: Wiktionary
SPAWN
Spawn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spawned; p. pr. & vb. n. Spawning.] Etym: [OE. spanen, OF. espandre, properly, to shed, spread, L. expandere to spread out. See Expand.]
1. To produce or deposit (eggs), as fishes or frogs do.
2. To bring forth; to generate; -- used in contempt. One edition [of books] spawneth another. Fuller.
Spawn, v. i.
1. To deposit eggs, as fish or frogs do.
2. To issue, as offspring; -- used contemptuously.
Spawn, n. Etym: [sq. root170. See Spawn, v. t.]
1. The ova, or eggs, of fishes, oysters, and other aquatic animals.
2. Any product or offspring; -- used contemptuously.
3. (Hort.)
Definition: The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
4. (Bot.)
Definition: The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi. Spawn eater (Zoöl.), a small American cyprinoid fish (Notropis Hudsonius) allied to the dace.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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