In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ATILT
atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tipped
(adjective) departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; “the leaning tower of Pisa”; “the headstones were tilted”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
atilt (not comparable)
At an angle from the vertical or horizontal.
Synonym: tilted
Adverb
atilt (not comparable)
At an angle from the vertical or horizontal; at the point of falling over.
Tilting or as if tilting (charging with a lance, like a knight on horseback in a joust).
Preposition
atilt
Diagonally over or across.
Synonym: aslant
Anagrams
• T-tail
Source: Wiktionary
A*tilt", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + tilt.]
1. In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust. "To run atilt at men." Hudibras.
2. In the position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised.
Note: [In this sense sometimes used as an adjective.] Abroach, atilt, and run Even to the lees of honor. Beau. & Fl.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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