In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
waister (plural waisters)
(nautical) A seaman stationed in the waist of a warship.
• Waiters, artwise, waiters, wariest, wastier
Source: Wiktionary
Waist"er, n. (Naut.)
Definition: A seaman, usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationed in the waist of a vessel of war. R. H. Dana, Jr.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.