In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SCURRED
Etymology 1
Verb
scurred
simple past tense and past participle of scur
Etymology 2
Verb
scurred
(dialect, colloquial, often, jocular) Alternative form of scared (“frightened”)
Source: Wiktionary
SCUR
Scur, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Scour to run.]
Definition: To move hastily; to scour. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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