In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ANAGLYPTOGRAPH
An`a*glyp"to*graph, n. Etym: [Gr. -graph.]
Definition: An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed. Brande & C.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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