In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RIVING
Verb
riving
present participle of rive
Noun
riving (plural rivings)
(historical, agriculture) A strip of a townfield.
(archaic) A piece of split wood.
Anagrams
• Irving, Virgin, Virnig, virgin, viring
Source: Wiktionary
RIVE
Rive, v. t. [imp. Rived; p. p. Rived or Riven (; p. pr. & vb. n. Riving.] Etym: [Icel. rifa, akin to Sw. rifva to pull asunder, burst, tear, Dan. rive to rake, pluck, tear. Cf. Reef of land, Rifle a gun, Rift, Rivel.]
Definition: To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles. I shall ryve him through the sides twain. Chaucer. The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. Shak. Brutus hath rived my heart. Shak.
Rive, v. i.
Definition: To be split or rent asunder. Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction. Woodward.
Rive, n.
Definition: A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
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