In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SHEAVING
Verb
sheaving
present participle of sheave
Anagrams
• heavings
Source: Wiktionary
SHEAVE
Sheave, n. Etym: [Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, D. schiff, G. scheibe, Icel. skifa a shaving, slice; cf. Gr. Shift, v., Shive.]
Definition: A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley. Sheave hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other timber, in which to fix a sheave.
Sheave, v. t. Etym: [See Sheaf of straw.]
Definition: To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect. Ashmole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
6 January 2025
PREMATURELY
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
Coffee Trivia
