In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
AMALGAMS
Noun
amalgams
plural of amalgam
Anagrams
• malagmas
Source: Wiktionary
AMALGAM
A*mal"gam, n. Etym: [F. amalgame, prob. fr. L. malagma, Gr.
1. An alloy of mercury with another metal or metals; as, an amalgam of tin, bismuth, etc.
Note: Medalists apply the term to soft alloys generally.
2. A mixture or compound of different things.
3. (Min.)
Definition: A native compound of mercury and silver.
A*mal"gam, v. t. Etym: [Cf. F. amalgamer]
Definition: To amalgamate. Boyle. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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