In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OVERBURN
Etymology
Verb
overburn (third-person singular simple present overburns, present participle overburning, simple past and past participle overburnt or overburned)
(transitive) To burn too much or for too long.
(transitive, computing) To record more than the usual available data capacity onto (an optical disc).
(intransitive, figurative) To be overzealous.
Source: Wiktionary
O`ver*burn", v. t. & i.
Definition: To burn too much; to be overzealous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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