In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TARRYING
Verb
tarrying
present participle of tarry
Noun
tarrying (plural tarryings)
The act of one who tarries; a waiting or staying behind.
Source: Wiktionary
TARRY
Tar"ry, a. Etym: [From Tar, n.]
Definition: Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.
Tar"ry, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tarried; p. pr. & vb. n. Tarrying.] Etym: [OE. tarien to irritate (see Tarre); but with a change of sense probably due to confusion with OE. targen to delay, OF. targier, fr. (assumed) LL. tardicare, fr. L. tardare to make slow, to tarry, fr. tardus slow. Cf. Tardy.]
1. To stay or remain behind; to wait. Tarry ye for us, until we come again. Ex. xxiv. 14.
2. To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter. Come down unto me, tarry not. Gen. xic. 9. One tarried here, there hurried one. Emerson.
3. To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge. Tarry all night, and wash your feet. Gen. xix. 2.
Syn.
– To abide; continue; lodge; await; loiter.
Tar"ry, v. t.
1. To delay; to defer; to put off. [Obs.] Tarry us here no longer than to-morrow. Chaucer.
2. To wait for; to stay or stop for. [Archaic] He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding. Shak. He plodded on, . . . tarrying no further question. Sir W. Scott.
Tar"ry, n.
Definition: Stay; stop; delay. [Obs.] E. Lodge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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