In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BEFRINGE
Etymology
Verb
befringe (third-person singular simple present befringes, present participle befringing, simple past and past participle befringed)
To furnish or adorn with a fringe.
Anagrams
• Feinberg, befinger
Source: Wiktionary
Be*fringe", v. t.
Definition: To furnish with a fringe; to form a fringe upon; to adorn as with fringe. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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