In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
rodent, gnawer
(noun) relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gnawer (plural gnawers)
One who gnaws.
A rodent or other animal that gnaws.
• Wagner, wanger
Source: Wiktionary
Gnaw"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, gnaws.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A rodent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.