In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
upspring (third-person singular simple present upsprings, present participle upspringing, simple past upsprung or upsprang, past participle upsprung)
(intransitive) To spring up, rise up, originate, come into being.
• (spring up): spring, spring up, sprout, arise, be born, come into existence; see also come into being
upspring (plural upsprings)
(obsolete) An upstart.
A spring or leap into the air.
origin
• (upstart): parvenu, upstart
• (a spring or leap into the air): bound, jump, leap, spring
• spring up
Source: Wiktionary
Up*spring", v. i.
Definition: To spring up. Tennyson.
Up"spring`, n.
1. An upstart. [Obs.] "The swaggering upspring." Shak.
2. A spring or leap into the air. [R.] Chapman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 March 2024
(adjective) crowded or massed together; “give me...your huddled masses”; “the huddled sheep turned their backs against the wind”
In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.