In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
STYING
Verb
stying
present participle of sty
Anagrams
• Yingst, stingy, tyings
Source: Wiktionary
STY
Sty, n.; pl. Sties (. [Written also stigh.] Etym: [AS. stigu, fr. stigan to rise; originally, probably, a place into which animals climbed or went up. *164. See Sty, v. i., and cf. Steward.]
1. A pen or inclosure for swine.
2. A place of bestial debauchery. To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty. Milton.
Sty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stied; p. pr. & vb. n. Stying.]
Definition: To shut up in, or as in, a sty. Shak.
Sty, v. i. Etym: [OE. stien, sti, AS. stigan to rise; akin to D. stijgen, OS. & OHG. stigan, G. steigen, Icel. stiga, Sw. stiga, Dan. stige, Goth. steigan, L. vestigium footstep, Gr. stigh to mount. Cf. Distich, Stair steps, Stirrup, Sty a boil, a pen for swine, Vestige.]
Definition: To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup. [Obs.] With bolder wing shall dare aloft to sty, To the last praises of this Faery Queene. Spenser.
Sty, n. Etym: [For older styan, styanye, understood as sty on eye, AS. stigend (sc. eáge eye), properly, rising, or swelling (eye), p.p. of stigan to rise. See Sty, v. i.] (Med.)
Definition: An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid. [Written also stye.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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