In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
WEALS
Noun
weals
plural of weal
Anagrams
• Swale, Wales, alews, lawes, swale, sweal, wales
Source: Wiktionary
WEAL
Weal, n.
Definition: The mark of a stripe. See Wale.
Weal, v. t.
Definition: To mark with stripes. See Wale.
Weal, n. Etym: [OE. wele, AS. wela, weola, wealth, from wel well. See Well, adv., and cf. Wealth.]
1. A sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare. God . . . grant you wele and prosperity. Chaucer. As we love the weal of our souls and bodies. Bacon. To him linked in weal or woe. Milton. Never was there a time when it more concerned the public weal that the character of the Parliament should stand high. Macaulay.
2. The body politic; the state; common wealth. [Obs.] The special watchmen of our English weal. Shak.
Weal, v. t.
Definition: To promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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