In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OVERHENTS
Verb
overhents
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overhent
Source: Wiktionary
OVERHENT
O`ver*hent", v. t. Etym: [See Hent.]
Definition: To overtake. [Obs.] So forth he went and soon them overhent. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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