In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BICES
Proper noun
Bices
plural of Bice
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• EBICS, sebic
Noun
bices
plural of bice
Anagrams
• EBICS, sebic
Source: Wiktionary
BICE
Bice, Bise, n. Etym: [F. bis, akin to It. bigio light gray, tawny.] (Paint.)
Definition: A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice. Green bice is prepared from the blue, by adding yellow orpiment, or by grinding down the green carbonate of copper. Cooley. Brande & C.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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