In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
STRAITENED
Verb
straitened
simple past tense and past participle of straiten
Adjective
straitened (comparative more straitened, superlative most straitened)
squeezed or confined
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Source: Wiktionary
STRAITEN
Strait"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Straitened; p. pr. & vb. n. Straitening.]
1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine. Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise. Bacon. In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe. Milton.
2. To make tense, or tight; to tighten. They straiten at each end the cord. Pope.
3. To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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