In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
argents
plural of argent
• Sargent, Stagner, Stanger, Strange, garnets, gerants, rangest, strange
Source: Wiktionary
Ar"gent, n. Etym: [F. argent, fr. L. argentum, silver; akin to Gr. rajata white, silver, raj to shine, Ir. arg white, milk, airgiod silver, money, and L. arguere to make clear. See Argue.]
1. Silver, or money. [Archaic]
2. (Fig. & Poet.)
Definition: Whiteness; anything that is white. The polished argent of her breast. Tennyson.
3. (Her.)
Definition: The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented in engraving by a plain white surface. Weale.
Ar"gent, a.
Definition: Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining. Yonder argent fields above. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.