In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SHROWD
Noun
shrowd (plural shrowds)
Obsolete form of shroud.
Verb
shrowd (third-person singular simple present shrowds, present participle shrowding, simple past and past participle shrowded)
(UK, dialect) Alternative form of shrood
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Source: Wiktionary
Shrowd, v. t.
Definition: See Shrood. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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