In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HURTING
pain, hurting
(noun) a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder; “the patient developed severe pain and distension”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
hurting
present participle of hurt
Noun
hurting (plural hurtings)
A sensation that hurts.
Anagrams
• ungirth, unright
Source: Wiktionary
HURT
Hurt, n. (Mach.) (a) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions. (b) A husk. See Husk, 2.
Hurt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hurt; p. pr. & vb. n. Hurting.] Etym: [OE. hurten, hirten, horten, herten; prob. fr. OF. hurter, heurter, to knock, thrust, strike, F. heurter; cf. W. hyrddu to push, drive, assault, hwrdd a stroke, blow, push; also, a ram, the orig. sense of the verb thus perhaps being, to butt as a ram; cf. D. horten to push, strike, MHG. hurten, both prob. fr. Old French.]
1. To cause physical pain to; to do bodily harm to; to wound or bruise painfully. The hurt lion groans within his den. Dryden.
2. To impar the value, usefulness, beauty, or pleasure of; to damage; to injure; to harm. Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt. Milton.
3. To wound the feelings of; to cause mental pain to; to offend in honor or self-respect; to annoy; to grieve. "I am angry and hurt." Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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