In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RET
ret
(verb) place (flax, hemp, or jute) in liquid so as to promote loosening of the fibers from the woody tissue
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
ret (third-person singular simple present rets, present participle retting, simple past and past participle retted)
(transitive) To prepare (flax, hemp etc.) for further processing by soaking, which facilitates separation of fibers from the woody parts of the stem.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
Adjective
ret
retired
Anagrams
• ERT, ETR, ert, ter, ter-
Source: Wiktionary
Ret, v. t.
Definition: See Aret. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ret, v. t. Etym: [Akin to rot.]
Definition: To prepare for use, as flax, by separating the fibers from the woody part by process of soaking, macerating, and other treatment. Ure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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