In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COALY
Etymology
Adjective
coaly (comparative coalier, superlative coaliest)
Resembling coal.
Covered in, or containing, coal.
Source: Wiktionary
Coal"y, a. Etym: [From Coal, n.]
Definition: Pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of the nature of coal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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