In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ENLOCK
Etymology
Verb
enlock (third-person singular simple present enlocks, present participle enlocking, simple past and past participle enlocked)
(transitive, archaic) To lock up.
(transitive, archaic) To enclose.
Anagrams
• Conkle, locken
Source: Wiktionary
En*lock", v. t.
Definition: To lock; to inclose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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