In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UNFLESH
Etymology
Verb
unflesh (third-person singular simple present unfleshes, present participle unfleshing, simple past and past participle unfleshed)
(transitive) To strip of flesh; to reduce to a skeleton.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*flesh", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + flesh.]
Definition: To deprive of flesh; to reduce a skeleton. "Unfleshed humanity." Wordsworth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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