In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HYE
Adjective
hye (comparative hyer, superlative hyest)
Obsolete spelling of high.
Verb
hye (third-person singular simple present hyes, present participle hyeing or hying, simple past and past participle hyed)
Obsolete spelling of hie.
Anagrams
• Hey, Yeh, hey, yeh
Source: Wiktionary
Hye, n. & v.
Definition: See Hie. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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