In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Cor`y*phæ"noid (kr`-f"noid), a. Etym: [NL. coruphaena + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Belonging to, or like, the genus Coryphæna. See Dolphin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 September 2024
(adjective) free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; “he landed a clean left on his opponent’s cheek”; “a clean throw”; “the neat exactness of the surgeon’s knife”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.