In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PARLE
Etymology
Noun
parle (countable and uncountable, plural parles)
(obsolete) Parley; talk.
(obsolete) A nasty encounter.
Verb
parle (third-person singular simple present parles, present participle parling, simple past and past participle parled)
(obsolete, intransitive) To talk; to converse; to parley.
Anagrams
• APLer, Alper, Pearl, lepra, paler, pearl, repla
Source: Wiktionary
Parle, v. i. Etym: [F. parler. See Parley.]
Definition: To talk; to converse; to parley. [Obs.] Shak. Finding himself too weak, began to parle. Milton.
Parle, n.
Definition: Conversation; talk; parley. [Obs.] They ended parle, and both addressed for fight. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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