In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OUTLOOKED
Verb
outlooked
simple past tense and past participle of outlook
Anagrams
• looked out
Source: Wiktionary
OUTLOOK
Out*look", v. t.
1. To face down; to outstare. To outlook conquest, and to win renown. Shak.
2. To inspect throughly; to select. [Obs.] Cotton.
Out"look`, n.
1. The act of looking out; watch.
2. One who looks out; also, the place from which one looks out; a watchower. Lyon Playfair.
3. The view obtained by one looking out; scope of vision; prospect; sight; appearance. Applause Which owes to man's short outlook all its charms. Young.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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