In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
THRIDDED
Verb
thridded
simple past tense and past participle of thrid
Source: Wiktionary
THRID
Thrid, a.
Definition: Third. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Thrid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thridded; p. pr. & vb. n. Thridding.] Etym: [A variant of thread.]
1. To pass through in the manner of a thread or a needle; to make or find a course through; to thread. Some thrid the mazy ringlets of her hair. Pope. And now he thrids the bramble bush. J. R. Drake. I began To thrid the musky-circled mazes. Tennyson.
2. To make or effect (a way or course) through something; as, to thrid one's way through a wood.
Thrid, n.
Definition: Thread; continuous line. [Archaic] I resume the thrid of my discourse. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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