In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
WAIR
Etymology 1
Noun
wair (plural wairs)
A plank six feet long and one foot across.
Etymology 2
Verb
wair (third-person singular simple present wairs, present participle wairing, simple past and past participle waired)
(Scotland, obsolete) To spend.
Etymology 3
Verb
wair
Nonstandard form of were.
Anagrams
• Wari, iWar, wari
Source: Wiktionary
Wair, n. (Carp.)
Definition: A piece of plank two yard Bailey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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