In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Spreynd, obs.
Definition: p. p. of Sprenge. Sprinkled. When spreynd was holy water. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 January 2025
(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.