In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GYRATE
spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate
(verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one’s own axis; “The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy”
gyrate, spiral, coil
(verb) to wind or move in a spiral course; “the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action”; “black smoke coiling up into the sky”; “the young people gyrated on the dance floor”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
gyrate (third-person singular simple present gyrates, present participle gyrating, simple past and past participle gyrated)
To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.
Adjective
gyrate (comparative more gyrate, superlative most gyrate)
(biology) Having coils or convolutions
Source: Wiktionary
Gy"rate, a. Etym: [L. gyratus made in a circular form, p. p. of gyrare.]
Definition: Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.
Gy"rate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gyrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Gyrating.] Etym: [L. gyratus, p. p. of gyrare to gyrate. See Gyre, n.]
Definition: To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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