In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
darkle (third-person singular simple present darkles, present participle darkling, simple past and past participle darkled)
To be dark; to be visible only darkly.
To become dark; to show indistinctly.
• larked
Source: Wiktionary
Dar"kle, v. i. Etym: [Freq. of dark.]
Definition: To grow dark; to show indistinctly. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.