In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UNLADED
Verb
unladed
simple past tense and past participle of unlade
Source: Wiktionary
UNLADE
Un*lade" v. t. Etym: [1st un- + lade.]
1. To take the load from; to take out the cargo of; as, to unlade a ship or a wagon. The venturous merchant . . . Shall here unlade him and depart no more. Dryden.
2. To unload; to remove, or to have removed, as a load or a burden; to discharge. There the ship was to unlade her burden. Acts. xxi. 3.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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