In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
trembles, milk sickness
(noun) disease of livestock and especially cattle poisoned by eating certain kinds of snakeroot
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Trembles
plural of Tremble
trembles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tremble
trembles
plural of tremble
Source: Wiktionary
Trem"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trembled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trembling.] Etym: [F. trembler, fr. L. tremulus trembling, tremulous, fr. tremere to shake, tremble; akin to Gr. trimti. Cf. Tremulous, Tremor.]
1. To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; -- said of a person or an animal. I tremble still with fear. Shak. Frighted Turnus trembled as he spoke. Dryden.
2. To totter; to shake; -- said of a thing. The Mount of Sinai, whose gray top Shall tremble. Milton.
3. To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles.
Trem"ble, n.
Definition: An involuntary shaking or quivering. I am all of a tremble when I think of it. W. Black.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 June 2025
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.