In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SWELTER
swelter
(verb) suffer from intense heat; “we were sweltering at the beach”
swelter
(verb) be uncomfortably hot
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
swelter (third-person singular simple present swelters, present participle sweltering, simple past and past participle sweltered)
(intransitive) To suffer terribly from intense heat.
(intransitive) To perspire greatly from heat.
(transitive) To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat.
Noun
swelter (plural swelters)
Intense heat.
Anagrams
• Lewters, Welters, welters, wrestle
Source: Wiktionary
Swel"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sweltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sweltering.] Etym: [From Swelt, v. i.]
1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat. "Sweltered cattle." Coleridge.
2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] Drayton.
Swel"ter, v. t.
1. To oppress with heat. Bentley.
2. To exude, like sweat. [R.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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