In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PHIALLING
Verb
phialling
present participle of phial
Source: Wiktionary
PHIAL
Phi"al, n. Etym: [F. fiole, L. phiala a broad, flat, shallow cup or bowl, Gr. Vial.]
Definition: A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; a vial.
Phi"al, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Phialed; p. pr. & vb. n. Phialing.]
Definition: To put or keep in, or as in, a phial. Its phial'd wrath may fate exhaust. Shenstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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