In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ATTLE
At"tle, n. Etym: [Cf. Addle mire.] (Mining)
Definition: Rubbish or refuse consisting of broken rock containing little or no ore. Weale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FOCUS
(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”
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