In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RAMBLED
Verb
rambled
simple past tense and past participle of ramble
Anagrams
• blarmed, marbled
Source: Wiktionary
RAMBLE
Ram"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rambled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rambling.] Etym: [For rammle, fr. Prov. E. rame to roam. Cf. Roam.]
1. To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world. He that is at liberty to ramble in perfect darkness, what is his liberty better than if driven up and down as a bubble by the wind Locke.
2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
3. To extend or grow at random. Thomson.
Syn.
– To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
Ram"ble, n.
1. A going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation. Coming home, after a short Christians ramble. Swift.
2. Etym: [Cf. Rammel.] (Coal Mining)
Definition: A bed of shale over the seam. Raymond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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