In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LAUREL
laurel, laurel wreath, bay wreath
(noun) (antiquity) a wreath of laurel foliage worn on the head as an emblem of victory
Laurel, Stan Laurel, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel
(noun) United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965)
laurel
(noun) any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
laurel (countable and uncountable, plural laurels)
Laurus nobilis, an evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils.
A crown of laurel.
(figuratively, chiefly, in the plural) Honor, distinction, fame.
(botany) Any plant of the family Lauraceae.
(botany) Any of various plants of other families that resemble laurels.
(historical) An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
Verb
laurel (third-person singular simple present laurels, present participle laurelling or laureling, simple past and past participle laurelled or laureled)
(transitive) To decorate with laurel, especially with a laurel wreath.
(transitive) To enwreathe.
(transitive, informal) To award top honours to.
Anagrams
• allure
Noun
Laurel (plural Laurels)
(Mormonism) A 16- to 17-year-old participant in the Young Women organization of the LDS Church.
Proper noun
Laurel
A female given name from English from the laurel plant.
A Spanish surname.
A municipality of Philippines; named for Miguel Laurel.
A city in Maryland.
A city, the county seat of Jones County, Mississippi; named for the laurel thickets in the area.
A census-designated place in Virginia.
A census-designated place in Florida.
A city in Montana; named for the laurel bushes growing in the area.
A town in Delaware; named for the laurel bushes growing in the area.
A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
A hamlet in New York.
A city in Nebraska; named for early settler Laura Martin.
A town in Indiana; named for the city in Maryland.
A city in Iowa; named for the community in Ohio.
A river in United States flowing from Lake, Kentucky into the Cumberland at Corbin, Kentucky.
A neighborhood of Oakland, California.
An unincorporated community in Ohio.
An unincorporated community in Oregon; named for the trees growing in the area, thought to be laurels (later identified as madrones).
An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
An unincorporated community in Washington.
An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
A ghost town in Santa Cruz County, California.
Anagrams
• allure
Source: Wiktionary
Lau"rel, n. Etym: [OE. lorel, laurer, lorer, OF. lorier, laurier, F. laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L. laurus.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus (L. nobilis), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils; -- called also sweet bay.
Note: The fruit is a purple berry. It is found about the Mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient Greeks to crown the victor in the games of Apollo. At a later period, academic honors were indicated by a crown of laurel, with the fruit. The leaves and tree yield an aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of commerce.
Note: The name is extended to other plants which in some respect resemble the true laurel. See Phrases, below.
2. A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; -- especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.
3. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because the king's head on it was crowned with laurel. Laurel water, water distilled from the fresh leaves of the cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other products carried over in the process. American laurel, or Mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia. See under Mountain.
– California laurel, Umbellularia Californica.
– Cherry laurel (in England called laurel). See under Cherry.
– Great laurel, the rosebay (Rhododendron maximum).
– Ground laurel, trailing arbutus.
– New Zealand laurel, Laurelia Novæ Zelandiæ.
– Portugal laurel, the Prunus Lusitanica.
– Rose laurel, the oleander. See Oleander.
– Sheep laurel, a poisonous shrub, Kalmia angustifolia, smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and redder flowers.
– Spurge laurel, Daphne Laureola.
– West Indian laurel, Prunus occidentalis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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