In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
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COUTH
Couth (kth), imp. & p. p. of Can. Etym: [See Can, and cf. Uncouth.]
Definition: Could; was able; knew or known; understood. [Obs.] Above all other one Daniel He loveth, for he couth well Divine, that none other couth; To him were all thing couth, As he had it of God's grace. Gower.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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