In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
embow (third-person singular simple present embows, present participle embowing, simple past and past participle embowed)
(archaic, ambitransitive) To bend like a bow; to curve.
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Source: Wiktionary
Em*bow", v. t.
Definition: To bend like a bow; to curve. "Embowed arches." [Obs. or R.] Sir W. Scott. With gilded horns embowed like the moon. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.