In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BARILLAS
Proper noun
Barillas
plural of Barilla
Anagrams
• air balls, airballs
Noun
barillas
plural of barilla
Anagrams
• air balls, airballs
Source: Wiktionary
BARILLA
Ba*ril"la, n. Etym: [Sp. barrilla.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A name given to several species of Salsola from which soda is made, by burning the barilla in heaps and lixiviating the ashes.
2. (Com.) (a) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes. (b) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp. Ure. Copper barilla (Min.), native copper in granular form mixed with sand, an ore brought from Bolivia; -- called also Barilla de cobre.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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