In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
hurlings
plural of hurling
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Source: Wiktionary
Hurl"ing, n.
1. The act of throwing with force.
2. A kind of game at ball, formerly played. Hurling taketh its denomination from throwing the ball. Carew.
Hurl, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurling.] Etym: [OE. hurlen, hourlen; prob. contracted fr. OE. hurtlen to hurtle, or probably akin to E. whirl. sq. root16. See Hurtle.]
1. To send whirling or whizzing through the air; to throw with violence; to drive with great force; as, to hurl a stone or lance. And hurl'd them headlong to their fleet and main. Pope.
2. To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective. Spenser.
3. Etym: [Cf. Whirl.]
Definition: To twist or turn. "Hurled or crooked feet." [Obs.] Fuller.
Hurl, v. i.
1. To hurl one's self; to go quickly. [R.]
2. To perform the act of hurling something; to throw something (at another). God shall hurl at him and not spare. Job xxvii. 22 (Rev. Ver. ).
3. To play the game of hurling. See Hurling.
Hurl, n.
1. The act of hurling or throwing with violence; a cast; a fling. Congreve.
2. Tumult; riot; hurly-burly. [Obs.] Knolles.
3. (Hat Manuf.)
Definition: A table on which fiber is stirred and mixed by beating with a bowspring.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.