In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
THREADEN
Etymology
Adjective
threaden (not comparable)
(archaic) Made or woven of thread; textile.
Anagrams
• Renthead, adherent, anthered, hand tree, hartened, neatherd
Source: Wiktionary
Thread"en, a.
Definition: Made of thread; as, threaden sails; a threaden fillet. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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