In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
KENNELLED
KENNEL
kennel
(verb) put up in a kennel; “kennel a dog”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
kennelled
simple past tense and past participle of kennel
Source: Wiktionary
KENNEL
Ken"nel, n. Etym: [See Channel, Canal.]
Definition: The water course of a street; a little canal or channel; a gutter; also, a puddle. Bp. Hall.
Ken"nel, n. Etym: [OE.kenel, (assumed) OF. kenil, F. chenil, LL. canile, fr. L. canis a dog. Cf. Canine.]
1. A house for a dog or for dogs, or for a pack of hounds. A dog sure, if he could speak, had wit enough to describe his kennel. Sir P. Sidney.
2. A pack of hounds, or a collection of dogs. Shak.
3. The hole of a fox or other beast; a haunt.
Ken"nel, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Kenneled or Kennelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Kennelling.]
Definition: To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox. The dog kenneled in a hollow tree. L'Estrange.
Ken"nel, v. t.
Definition: To put or keep in a kennel. Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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