In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SLAVERS
Noun
slavers
plural of slaver
Verb
slavers
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slaver
Anagrams
• salvers, servals, versals
Source: Wiktionary
SLAVER
Slav"er, n.
1. A vessel engaged in the slave trade; a slave ship.
2. A person engaged in the purchase and sale of slaves; a slave merchant, or slave trader. The slaver's hand was on the latch, He seemed in haste to go. Longfellow.
Slav"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Slavered; p. pr. & vb. n. Slavering.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. slafra. See Slabber.]
1. To suffer spittle, etc., to run from the mouth.
2. To be besmeared with saliva. Shak.
Slav"er, v. t.
Definition: To smear with saliva issuing from the mouth; to defile with drivel; to slabber.
Slav"er, n.
Definition: Saliva driveling from the mouth. Of all mad creatures, if the learned are right, It is the slaver kills, and not the bite. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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