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
25 April 2024
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.