In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TRANSHIP
TRANSSHIP
transship
(verb) transfer for further transportation from one ship or conveyance to another
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
tranship (third-person singular simple present tranships, present participle transhipping, simple past and past participle transhipped)
(transitive) To transfer goods from one ship or other conveyance to another.
(intransitive, of goods) To be transferred from one ship or other conveyance to another.
Source: Wiktionary
Tran*ship", v. t.
Definition: Same as Transship.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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