In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CHAMPLEVES
CHAMPLEVE
Champ`le*vé", a. [F., p. p. of champlever to engrave. See 3d Champ, Camp, Lever a bar.] (Art)
Definition: Having the ground engraved or cut out in the parts to be enameled; inlaid in depressions made in the ground; -- said of a kind of enamel work in which depressions made in the surface are filled with enamel pastes, which are afterward fired; also, designating the process of making such enamel work. --n.
Definition: A piece of champlevé enamel; also, the process or art of making such enamel work; champlevé work.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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