In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SURBET
Adjective
surbet (comparative more surbet, superlative most surbet)
(obsolete) surbated; bruised
Anagrams
• Buster, Strube, Stuber, brutes, burets, buster, rebuts, tubers
Source: Wiktionary
Sur*bet", v. t.
Definition: Same as Surbate. [Obs.]
Sur*bet", a.
Definition: Surbated; bruised. [Obs.] Spenser.
SURBATE
Sur*bate", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surbated; p. pr. & vb. n. Surbating.] Etym: [F. solbatu, p.p., bruised (said of a horse's foot); sole a sole (of a horse's foot) + battu, p.p. of battre to beat.]
1. To make sore or bruise, as the feet by travel. [Obs.] Lest they their fins should bruise, and surbate sore Their tender feet upon the stony ground. Spenser. Chalky land surbates and spoils oxen's feet. Mortimer.
2. To harass; to fatigue. [Obs.] Clarendon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INSIGNIFICANTLY
(adverb) not to a significant degree or amount; “our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts”
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