In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CORONATES
Verb
coronates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coronate
Anagrams
• corantoes, crotonase, otocranes
Source: Wiktionary
CORONATE
Cor"o*nate (kr"-nt), Cor"o*na`ted (-n`ted), a. Etym: [L. coronatus, p. p. of coronare to crown, fr. corona. See Crown.]
1. Having or wearing a crown.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; -- said of birds. (b) Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines; -- said of spiral shells.
3. (Biol.)
Definition: Having a crest or a crownlike appendage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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