In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SUTTLE
Etymology
Proper noun
Suttle (plural Suttles)
A surname.
Etymology 1
Noun
suttle (plural suttles)
The weight of a commodity shipment after deduction of the weight of the container, before allowance of tret.
Verb
suttle (third-person singular simple present suttles, present participle suttling, simple past and past participle suttled)
To act as sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.
Etymology 2
Adjective
suttle (comparative more suttle, superlative most suttle)
Obsolete form of subtle.
Source: Wiktionary
Sut"tle, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Com.)
Definition: The weight when the tare has been deducted, and tret is yet to be allowed. M
Sut"tle, v. i. Etym: [See Sutler.]
Definition: To act as sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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