In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ENSILE
ensile
(verb) store in a silo; “ensile fodder for the cows”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
ensile (third-person singular simple present ensiles, present participle ensiling, simple past and past participle ensiled)
(transitive) To preserve (forage) in a silo.
Anagrams
• Inslee, enisle, lienes, senile, silene
Source: Wiktionary
En*sile", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ensiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Ensiling.] [F. ensiler: cf. Sp. ensilar. See Silo.]
Definition: To store (green fodder) in a silo; to prepare as silage. -- En"si*list (#), n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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