In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
STOKES
Proper noun
Stokes
A surname.
Etymology 1
See stoke (verb)
Verb
stokes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stoke
Etymology 2
Noun
stokes (plural stokes)
A unit of kinematic viscosity in the CGS system of units. 1 stokes = 1 cm2/s
Synonyms
• (unit of viscosity): St
Source: Wiktionary
STOKE
Stoke, v. t. Etym: [OE. stoken, fr. D. stoken, fr. stok a stick (cf. OF. estoquier to thrust, stab; of Teutonic origin, and akin to D. stok). See Stock.]
1. To stick; to thrust; to stab. [Obs.] Nor short sword for to stoke, with point biting. Chaucer.
2. To poke or stir up, as a fire; hence, to tend, as the fire of a furnace, boiler, etc.
Stoke, v. i.
Definition: To poke or stir up a fire; hence, to tend the fires of furnaces, steamers, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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