In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BEBLOOD
Etymology
Verb
beblood (third-person singular simple present bebloods, present participle beblooding, simple past and past participle beblooded)
(transitive) To smear or stain with blood.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*blood", Be*blood"y, v. t.
Definition: To make bloody; to stain with blood. [Obs.] Sheldon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PREMATURELY
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
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