In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FETTING
Verb
fetting
present participle of fet
Source: Wiktionary
FET
Fet, n. Etym: [Cf. feat, F. fait, and It. fett slice, G. fetzen rag, Icel. fat garment.]
Definition: A piece. [Obs.] Dryton.
Fet, v. t. Etym: [OE. fetten, feten, AS. fetian; akin to AS. fæt a journey, and to E. foot; cf. G. fassen to seize. sq. root 77. See Foot, and cf. Fetch.]
Definition: To fetch. [Obs.] And from the other fifty soon the prisoner fet. Spenser.
Fet, p. p. of Fette.
Definition: Fetched. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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