In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SHUDDERED
Verb
shuddered
simple past tense and past participle of shudder
Source: Wiktionary
SHUDDER
Shud"der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shuddered;p. pr. & vb. n. Shuddering.] Etym: [OE. shoderen, schuderen; akin to LG. schuddern, D. schudden to shake, OS. skuddian, G. schaudern to shudder, schĂĽtteln to shake, schĂĽtten to pour, to shed, OHG. scutten, scuten, to shake.]
Definition: To tremble or shake with fear, horrer, or aversion; to shiver with cold; to quake. "With shuddering horror pale." Milton. The shuddering tennant of the frigid zone. Goldsmith.
Shud"der, n.
Definition: The act of shuddering, as with fear. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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