In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SWAD
swad
(noun) a bunch; “a thick swad of plants”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
swad (plural swads)
A bunch, clump, mass
(obsolete, slang) A crowd; a group of people.
(obsolete) A boor, lout.
(mining) A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam.
(UK, dialect, obsolete, Northern) A cod, or pod, as of beans or peas.
Synonyms
• (bunch, clump): bunch, clump, mass
Anagrams
• AWDS, AWDs, DAWs, Daws, WASD, daws, wads
Source: Wiktionary
Swad, n. Etym: [Probably fr. AS. swe to bind.] [Written also swod.]
1. A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease. [Prov. Eng.] Swad, in the north, is a peascod shell -- thence used for an empty, shallow-headed fellow. Blount.
2. A clown; a country bumpkin. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "Country swains, and silly swads." Greene. There was one busy fellow was their leader, A blunt, squat swad, but lower than yourself. B. Jonson.
3. A lump of mass; also, a crowd. [Low, U.S.]
4. (Coal Mining)
Definition: A thin layer of refuse at the bottom of a seam. Raymond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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