In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Vif"da, n.
Definition: In the Orkney and Shetland Islands, beef and mutton hung and dried, but not salted. [Scot.] [Written also vivda.] Jamieson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.