In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SHEEN
shininess, sheen, luster, lustre
(noun) the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
sheen (comparative sheener, superlative sheenest)
(rare, poetic) Beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny.
Noun
sheen (countable and uncountable, plural sheens)
Splendor; radiance; shininess.
A thin layer of a substance (such as oil) spread on a solid or liquid surface.
Verb
sheen (third-person singular simple present sheens, present participle sheening, simple past and past participle sheened)
(rare, intransitive, poetic) To shine; to glisten.
Etymology 2
Noun
sheen (plural sheens)
The letter Ř´ in the Arabic script.
Etymology
Proper noun
Sheen
An area in London,, officially East Sheen.
A village in Staffordshire, England.
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Sheen, a. Etym: [OE. sehene, AS. sciéne, sc, sc, splendid, beautiful; akin to OFries. sk, sk, OS. sc, D. schoon, G. schön, OHG. sc, Goth, skanus, and E. shew; the original meaning being probably, visible, worth seeing. It is not akin to E. shine. See Shew, v. t.]
Definition: Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny. [R., except in poetry.] This holy maiden, that is so bright and sheen. Chaucer. Up rose each warrier bold and brave, Glistening in filed steel and armor sheen. Fairfax.
Sheen, v. i.
Definition: To shine; to glisten. [Poetic] This town, That, sheening far, celestial seems to be. Byron.
Sheen, n.
Definition: Brightness; splendor; glitter. "Throned in celestial sheen." Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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