In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
TERRAS
Noun
terras
plural of terra
Anagrams
• Arters, arrest, rarest, raster, raters, retars, starer, starre, tarres
Source: Wiktionary
Ter"ras, n. (Min.)
Definition: See .
TERRA
Ter"ra, n. Etym: [It. & L. See Terrace.]
Definition: The earth; earth. Terra alba Etym: [L., white earth] (Com.), a white amorphous earthy substance consisting of burnt gypsum, aluminium silicate (kaolin), or some similar ingredient, as magnesia. It is sometimes used to adulterate certain foods, spices, candies, paints, etc.
– Terra cotta. Etym: [It., fr. terra earth + cotta, fem. of cotto cooked, L. coctus, p.p. of coquere to cook. See Cook, n.] Baked clay; a kind of hard pottery used for statues, architectural decorations, figures, vases, and the like.
– Terræ filius Etym: [L., son of the earth], formerly, one appointed to write a satirical Latin poem at the public acts in the University of Oxford; -- not unlike the prevaricator at Cambridge, England.
– Terra firma Etym: [L.], firm or solid earth, as opposed to water.
– Terra Japonica. Etym: [NL.] Same as Gambier. It was formerly supposed to be a kind of earth from Japan.
– Terra Lemnia Etym: [L., Lemnian earth], Lemnian earth. See under Lemnian.
– Terra ponderosa Etym: [L., ponderous earth] (Min.), barite, or heavy spar.
– Terra di Sienna. See Sienna.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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