In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
tewed (comparative more tewed, superlative most tewed)
(obsolete, dialect) fatigued; worn from labour or hardship
• Tweed, dewet, dweet, tweed
Source: Wiktionary
Tewed, a.
Definition: Fatigued; worn with labor or hardship. [Obs. or Local] Mir. for Mag.
Tew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tewing.] Etym: [OE. tewen, tawen. *64. See Taw, v.]
1. To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw.
2. Hence, to beat; to scourge; also, to pull about; to maul; to tease; to vex. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Tew, v. i.
Definition: To work hard; to strive; to fuse. [Local]
Tew, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Taw to tow, Tow, v. t.]
Definition: To tow along, as a vessel. [Obs.] Drayton.
Tew, n.
Definition: A rope or chain for towing a boat; also, a cord; a string. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.