In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
rit (plural rits)
(Northern England, Scotland) A scratch, a score or a groove.
rit (third-person singular simple present rits, present participle ritting, simple past and past participle ritted)
(Northern England, Scotland) To scratch or score.
(Northern England, Scotland) To tear, rip, rend.
(Northern England, Scotland) To slit.
rit (not comparable)
Abbreviation of ritardando.
• IRT, RTI, TIR, TRI, Tir, tri, tri-
Source: Wiktionary
Rit, obs.
Definition: 3d pers. ssing. pres. of Ride, contracted from rideth. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.