In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GIGS
Noun
gigs
plural of gig
Verb
gigs
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gig
Anagrams
• IgGs, iggs
Source: Wiktionary
GIG
Gig, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. gigue. See Jig, n.]
Definition: A fiddle. [Obs.]
Gig, v. t. Etym: [Prob. fr. L. gignere to beget.]
Definition: To engender. [Obs.] Dryden.
Gig, n.
Definition: A kind of spear or harpoon. See Fishgig.
Gig, v. t.
Definition: To fish with a gig.
Gig, n. Etym: [OE. gigge. Cf. Giglot.]
Definition: A playful or wanton girl; a giglot.
Gig, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. g fiddle, MHG. g, G. geige, Icel. geiga to take a wrong direction, rove at random, and E. jig.]
1. A top or whirligig; any little thing that is whirled round in play. Thou disputest like an infant; go, whip thy gig. Shak.
2. A light carriage, with one pair of wheels, drawn by one horse; a kind of chaise.
3. (Naut.)
Definition: A long, light rowboat, generally clinkerbuilt, and designed to be fast; a boat appropriated to the use of the commanding officer; as, the captain's gig.
4. (Mach.)
Definition: A rotatory cylinder, covered with wire teeth or teasels, for teaseling woolen cloth. Gig machine, Gigging machine, Gig mill, or Napping machine. See Gig, 4.
– Gig saw. See Jig saw.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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