In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OVERSWELL
Etymology
Verb
overswell (third-person singular simple present overswells, present participle overswelling, simple past and past participle overswelled)
(ambitransitive) To swell or rise above (something, especially the rim of a container, the sides of something hollow, etc.).
Synonyms: overflow, spill over
(ambitransitive) To cause (something) to be too swollen or large; to become too swollen or large.
Noun
overswell (plural overswells)
An excessive or sudden increase or flood (of something).
Synonym: surge
Anagrams
• overwells
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*swell", v. t. & i.
Definition: To swell or rise above; to overflow. [R.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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