In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PROTEND
Etymology
Verb
protend (third-person singular simple present protends, present participle protending, simple past and past participle protended)
(obsolete, transitive) To hold out; to stretch forth.
Anagrams
• dropnet, portend
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*tend" v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protended; p. pr. & vb. n. Protending.] Etym: [L. protendere, protensum; pro before, forth + tendere to stretch.]
Definition: To hold out; to stretch forth. [Obs.] With his protended lance he makes defence. Dryden .
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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