In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
UPTHRUST
upheaval, uplift, upthrow, upthrust
(noun) (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
upthrust (countable and uncountable, plural upthrusts)
An upward thrust.
(nautical) Buoyancy.
(geology) An upward movement of part of the Earth's crust.
Verb
upthrust (third-person singular simple present upthrusts, present participle upthrusting, simple past and past participle upthrusted)
(transitive) To thrust something upwards.
(intransitive) To be thrust upwards.
Anagrams
• thruputs
Source: Wiktionary
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