In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SEAGIRT
seagirt
(adjective) surrounded or enclosed by the sea
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
seagirt (not comparable)
(rare, poetic) Engirdled by the sea, as an island.
Anagrams
• Gaiters, Staiger, agister, aigrets, gaiters, stagier, strigae, tirages, triages
Source: Wiktionary
Sea"girt`, a.
Definition: Surrounded by the water of the sea or ocean; as, a seagirt isle. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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