In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SHEALED
Verb
shealed
simple past tense and past participle of sheal
Anagrams
• leashed
Source: Wiktionary
SHEAL
Sheal, n.
Definition: Same as Sheeling. [Scot.]
Sheal, v. t.
Definition: To put under a sheal or shelter. [Scot.]
Sheal, v. t. Etym: [See Shell.]
Definition: To take the husks or pods off from; to shell; to empty of its contents, as a husk or a pod. [Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.] Jamieson. That's a shealed peascod. Shak.
Sheal, n.
Definition: A shell or pod. [Obs. or Prov.Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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