In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BERE
Etymology
Noun
bere (uncountable)
(chiefly, Scotland) Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley.
Anagrams
• Beer, Bree, Eber, Reeb, be-er, beer, bree, eber, reeb
Source: Wiktionary
Bear, Bere, n. Etym: [AS. bere. See Barley.] (Bot.)
Definition: Barley; the six-rowed barley or the four-rowed barley, commonly the former (Hord. vulgare). [Obs. except in North of Eng. and Scot.]
Bere
Definition: , v. t. Etym: [Cf. OIcel. berja to strike.] To pierce. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bere
Definition: ,n.See Bear, barley. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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