In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ARILS
Noun
arils
plural of aril
Anagrams
• Lairs, lairs, laris, liars, liras, rails, rials
Source: Wiktionary
ARIL
Ar"il, A*ril"lus, n. Etym: [From LL. arilli dry grapes, perh. fr. L. aridus dry: cf. F,. arille.] (Bot.)
Definition: A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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