In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CONGEALED
congealed, jelled, jellied
(adjective) congealed into jelly; solidified by cooling; “in Georgia they serve congealed salads”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
congealed
simple past tense and past participle of congeal
Adjective
congealed (comparative more congealed, superlative most congealed)
(obsolete) Frozen.
Viscid, coagulated; jelly-like, unusually thick (of a liquid).
Source: Wiktionary
CONGEAL
Con*geal", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Congealed; p. pr. & vb. n. Congealing.] [F. congeler, L. congelare, -gelatumn; con- + gelare to freeze, gelu frost. See Gelid.]
1. To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.
A vapory deluge lies to snow congealed. Thomson.
2. To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill.
As if with horror to congeal his blood. Stirling.
Con*geal", v. i.
Definition: To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled.
Lest zeal, now melted . . . Cool and congeal again to what it was. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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