In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
QUEEST
Noun
queest (plural queests)
Archaic form of cushat.
Source: Wiktionary
Queest, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. kvisa a kind of bird, kvistr a branch of a tree, and E. cushat.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The European ringdove (Columba palumbus); the cushat. [Written also quist, queeze, quice, queece.] See Ringdove.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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