In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
scrabbles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scrabble
scrabbles
plural of scrabble
Source: Wiktionary
Scrab"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scrabbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrabbling.] Etym: [Freq. of scrape. Cf. Scramble, Scrawl, v. t.]
1. To scrape, paw, or scratch with the hands; to proceed by clawing with the hands and feet; to scramble; as, to scrabble up a cliff or a tree. Now after a while Little-faith came to himself, and getting up made shift to scrabble on his way. Bunyan.
2. To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl. David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate. 1. Sam. xxi. 13.
Scrab"ble, v. t.
Definition: To mark with irregular lines or letters; to scribble; as, to scrabble paper.
Scrab"ble, n.
Definition: The act of scrabbing; a moving upon the hands and knees; a scramble; also, a scribble.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 January 2025
(noun) the study of the whorls and loops and arches in the fingertips and on the palms of the hand and the soles of the feet; “some criminologists specialize in dermatoglyphics”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.