In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
STRIA
band, banding, stria, striation
(noun) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; “chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands”; “the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps”
stria, striation
(noun) any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stria (plural striae or striæ)
A stripe, usually one of a set of parallel stripes.
(architecture) One of the fillets between the flutes of columns, etc.
A stretch mark.
Anagrams
• ISTAR, Ritsa, Sarti, Stair, airts, arist, astir, sitar, stair, tarsi, tiars, tisar
Source: Wiktionary
Stri"a, n.; pl. Striæ. Etym: [L., a furrow, channel, hollow.]
1. A minute groove, or channel; a threadlike line, as of color; a narrow structural band or line; a striation; as, the striæ, or groovings, produced on a rock by a glacier passing over it; the striæ on the surface of a shell; a stria of nervous matter in the brain.
2. (Arch.)
Definition: A fillet between the flutes of columns, pilasters, or the like. Oxf. Gloss.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRITICAL
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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