You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
SPURRIES
Noun
spurries
plural of spurry
Anagrams
• surprise, uprisers
Source: Wiktionary
SPURRY
Spur"ry, n. Etym: [D. or OF. spurrie; cf. G. spergel, NL. spergula.] (Bot.)
Definition: An annual herb (Spergula arvensis) with whorled filiform leaves, sometimes grown in Europe for fodder. [Written also spurrey.] Sand spurry (Bot.), any low herb of the genus Lepigonum, mostly found in sandy places.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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