In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HAFTED
Verb
hafted
simple past tense and past participle of haft
Anagrams
• fadeth
Source: Wiktionary
HAFT
Haft, n. Etym: [AS. hæft; akin to D. & G. heft, Icel. hepti, and to E. Heave, or have. Cf. Heft.]
1. A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife, sword, or dagger; the hilt. This brandish'dagger I'll bury to the haft in her fair breast. Dryden.
2. A dwelling. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Haft, v. t.
Definition: To set in, or furnish with, a haft; as, to haft a dagger.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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