In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
floted
simple past tense and past participle of flote
• deloft, lofted
Source: Wiktionary
Flote, v. t.
Definition: To fleet; to skim. [Obs.] Tusser.
Flote, n. Etym: [Cf. F. flot, L. fluctus; also cf. Float, n.]
Definition: A wave. [Obs.] "The Mediterranean flote." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.