In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
NOURSLED
Verb
noursled
simple past tense and past participle of noursle
Anagrams
• Souldern, lounders, roundels, roundles, unsolder
Source: Wiktionary
NOURSLE
Nour"sle, v. t. Etym: [Freq., fr. OE. nourse. See Nurse.]
Definition: To nurse; to rear; to bring up. [Obs.] [Written also nosel, nousel, nousle, nowsle, nusle, nuzzle, etc.] She noursled him till years he raught. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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