In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
IMBATHED
Verb
imbathed
simple past tense and past participle of imbathe
Source: Wiktionary
IMBATHE
Im*bathe", v. t. Etym: [Pref. im- in + bathe. Cf. Embathe.]
Definition: To bathe; to wash freely; to immerce. And gave her to his daughters to imbathe In nectared lavers strewed with asphodel. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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