In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DECALITRE
dekaliter, dekalitre, decaliter, decalitre, dal, dkl
(noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
decalitre (plural decalitres)
Ten litres. Symbol: dal
Anagrams
• calderite, decaliter
Source: Wiktionary
Dec"a*li`ter, Dec"a*li`tre, n. Etym: [F. décalitre; Gr. litre. See Liter.]
Definition: A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gallons.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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