In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CASTER
caster, castor
(noun) a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable
caster, castor
(noun) a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar
caster
(noun) a worker who casts molten metal into finished products
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Caster (plural Casters)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Caster is the 10041st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3208 individuals. Caster is most common among White (79.77%) and Black/African American (13.4%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Cartes, Cestar, acters, carest, carets, cartes, caters, crates, creats, racest, reacts, recast, rescat, reäcts, traces
Etymology
Noun
caster (plural casters)
Someone or something that casts
A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows the caster to rotate for steering).
A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
(automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.
Verb
caster (third-person singular simple present casters, present participle castering, simple past and past participle castered)
To act as a caster
Anagrams
• Cartes, Cestar, acters, carest, carets, cartes, caters, crates, creats, racest, reacts, recast, rescat, reäcts, traces
Source: Wiktionary
Cast"er, n.
1. One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts.
2. A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table; as, a set of casters.
3. A stand to hold a set of cruets.
4. A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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