In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RAVINED
Etymology 1
Adjective
ravined (comparative more ravined, superlative most ravined)
Having ravines.
Etymology 2
Adjective
ravined (comparative more ravined, superlative most ravined)
(obsolete) Ravenous.
Anagrams
• Verdian, invader, viander
Source: Wiktionary
RAVIN
Rav"in, n.
Definition: Ravenous. [Obs.] Shak.
Rav"in, Ravine, n. Etym: [See 2d Raven.]
Definition: Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. "Fowls of ravyne." Chaucer. Though Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shrieked against his creed. Tennyson.
Rav"in, Rav"ine, v. t. & i.
Definition: See Raven, v. t. & i.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RIGHT
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
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