In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COTED
Verb
coted
simple past tense and past participle of cote
Source: Wiktionary
COTE
Cote (kt), n. Etym: [See 1st Cot.]
1. A cottage or hut. [Obs.]
2. A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, In hurdled cotes. Milton.
Cote, v. t. Etym: [Prob. from F. c sode, OF. costet, LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F. c to go or keep at the side of. See Coast.]
Definition: To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare. [Obs.] Drayton. We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming. Shak.
Cote, v. t. Etym: [See Quote.]
Definition: To quote. [Obs.] Udall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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