In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
scabby
(adjective) covered with scabs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
scabby (comparative scabbier, superlative scabbiest)
Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy.
(printing) Having a blotched, uneven appearance.
Injured by the attachment of barnacles to the carapace of a shell.
• (affected with scabs): reef, scabrous; see also scabby
Source: Wiktionary
Scab"by, a. [Compar. Scabbier (; superl. Scabbiest.]
1. Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
2. Diseased with the scab, or mange; mangy. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 March 2025
(noun) magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.