In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COVELLITES
Noun
covellites
plural of covellite
Source: Wiktionary
COVELLITE
Co*vel"line (k-vl"ln), Co*vel"lite (-lt), n. Etym: [After Covelli, the discoverer.] (Min.)
Definition: A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called indigo copper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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