In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
collogue
(verb) confer secretly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
collogue (third-person singular simple present collogues, present participle colloguing, simple past and past participle collogued)
(intransitive) To simulate belief.
(transitive) To coax; to flatter.
(rare) To talk privately or secretly; to conspire.
Source: Wiktionary
Col*logue", v. i. Etym: [Cf. L. colloqui and E. dialogue. Cf. Collocution.]
Definition: To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief. [Archaic or Colloq.] Pray go in; and, sister, salve the matter, Collogue with her again, and all shall be well. Greene. He had been colloguing with my wife. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 February 2025
(verb) make (substances) hard and improve their usability; “cure resin”; “cure cement”; “cure soap”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.