In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UNREAVE
Etymology
Verb
unreave (third-person singular simple present unreaves, present participle unreaving, simple past and past participle unreaved)
(obsolete, transitive) To unwind; to disentangle; to loose.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*reave", v. t. Etym: [See Unreeve.]
Definition: To unwind; to disentangle; to loose. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMMOBILIZATION
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