In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SPELDING
Noun
spelding (plural speldings)
Alternative form of speldring
Source: Wiktionary
Spel"ding, n. Etym: [Scot. speld to spread out, spelder to split. spread open; cf. G. spalten split.]
Definition: A haddock or other small fish split open and dried in the sun;
– called also speldron. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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