In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SMEETH
Verb
smeeth (third-person singular simple present smeeths, present participle smeething, simple past and past participle smeethed)
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To smooth.
To smoke; to blacken with smoke; to rub with soot.
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Proper noun
Smeeth
A small village and civil parish in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0739).
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Source: Wiktionary
Smeeth, v. t. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: To smoke; to blacken with smoke; to rub with soot. [Obs.]
Smeeth, v. t. Etym: [OE. sme, AS. sm. See Smooth.]
Definition: To smooth. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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