In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CARNIFY
carnify
(verb) become muscular or fleshy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
carnify (third-person singular simple present carnifies, present participle carnifying, simple past and past participle carnified)
(intransitive) To form flesh; to become like flesh.
Source: Wiktionary
Car"ni*fy, v. i. Etym: [LL. carnificare, fr. L.o, carnis, flesh + facere to make: cf. F. carnifier.]
Definition: To form flesh; to become like flesh. Sir M. Hale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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