In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BACULITE
Etymology
Noun
baculite (plural baculites)
(paleontology) Any of the extinct genus Baculites of cephalopod heteromorph ammonites.
Source: Wiktionary
Bac"u*lite, n. Etym: [L. baculune stick, staff; cf. F. baculite.] (Paleon.)
Definition: A cephalopod of the extinct genus Baculites, found fossil in the Cretaceous rocks. It is like an uncoiled ammonite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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