In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
recurve
(verb) curve or bend (something) back or down
Source: WordNet® 3.1
recurve (third-person singular simple present recurves, present participle recurving, simple past and past participle recurved)
To curve again, to rebend.
To curve back on itself.
(of a storm) To change direction.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*curve" (r*krv"), v. t.
Definition: To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 March 2025
(noun) small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.