In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CLEPSYDRAE
Noun
clepsydrae
plural of clepsydra
Source: Wiktionary
CLEPSYDRA
Clep"sy*dra, n. Etym: [L. from Gr.
Definition: A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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