In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
daguerreotyping
present participle of daguerreotype
Source: Wiktionary
Da*guerre"o*type, n. Etym: [From Daguerre the inventor + -type.]
1. An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury.
2. The process of taking such pictures.
Da*guerre"o*type, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Daguerreotyped; p. pr. & vb. n. Daguerreotyping.]
1. To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a picture.
2. To impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate exactly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 May 2025
(noun) (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash)
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.