In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ARAGONITES
Noun
aragonites
plural of aragonite
Source: Wiktionary
ARAGONITE
A*rag"o*nite, n. Etym: [From Aragon, in Spain.] (Min.)
Definition: A mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRANSPOSITION
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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