In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RESETS
Noun
Resets
plural of Reset
Anagrams
• Setser, Steers, esters, estres, reests, serest, sester, seters, steers, steres, treses
Verb
resets
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reset
Anagrams
• Setser, Steers, esters, estres, reests, serest, sester, seters, steers, steres, treses
Source: Wiktionary
RESET
Re*set" (r-st"), v. t.
Definition: To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.
Re"set (r"st), n.
1. The act of resetting.
2. (Print.)
Definition: That which is reset; matter set up again.
Re*set" (r-st"), n. Etym: [OF. recete, recepte, a receiving. Cf. Receipt.] (Scots Law)
Definition: The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw. Jamieson.
Re*set", v. t. (Scots Law)
Definition: To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal. We shall see if an English hound is to harbor and reset the Southrons here. Sir. W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECALL
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