In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
WALLEYED
walleyed
(adjective) having divergent strabismus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
walleyed (comparative more walleyed, superlative most walleyed)
having eyes with a pale-coloured iris
having eyes of different colours
suffering from exotropia
(of fish) having bulging eyes
Source: Wiktionary
Wall"-eyed`, a. Etym: [Icel. valdeygedhr, or vagleygr; fr. vagl a beam, a beam in the eye (akin to Sw. vagel a roost, a perch, a sty in the eye) + eygr having eyes (from auga eye). See Eye.]
Definition: Having an eye of a very light gray or whitish color. Booth.
Note: Shakespeare, in using wall-eyed as a term of reproach (as "wall-eyed rage," a "wall-eyed wretch"), alludes probably to the idea of unnatural or distorted vision. See the Note under Wall-eye. It is an eye which is utterly and incurably perverted, an eye that knows no pity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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