In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BIVIUM
Etymology
Noun
bivium (plural bivia)
(zoology) One side of an echinoderm, including a pair of ambulacra, in distinction from the opposite side (trivium), which includes three ambulacra.
Source: Wiktionary
Biv"i*um, n. Etym: [L., a place with two ways. See Bivious.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: One side of an echinoderm, including a pair of ambulacra, in distinction from the opposite side (trivium), which includes three ambulacra.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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