In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SPUME
spume
(noun) foam or froth on the sea
froth, spume, suds
(verb) make froth or foam and become bubbly; “The river foamed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
spume (countable and uncountable, plural spumes)
Foam or froth of liquid, particularly that of seawater.
Verb
spume (third-person singular simple present spumes, present participle spuming, simple past and past participle spumed)
To froth.
Anagrams
• pumse
Source: Wiktionary
Spume, n. Etym: [L. spuma. Cf. Pumice, Spoom.]
Definition: Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum. Materials dark and crude, Of spiritous and fiery spume. Milton.
Spume, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Spuming.] Etym: [L. spumare.]
Definition: To froth; to foam.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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