In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Self`-hard"en*ing, a. (Metal.)
Definition: Designating, or pert. to, any of various steels that harden when heated to above a red heat and cooled in air, usually in a blast of cold air with moderate rapidity, without quenching. Such steels are alloys of iron and carbon with manganese, tungsten and manganese, chromium, molybdenum and manganese, etc. They are chiefly used as high-speed steels. -- Self`-hard"en*ed, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.