In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DEHORS
Etymology
Noun
dehors
All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover.
Preposition
dehors
(legal) Out of; without; foreign to; out of the agreement, record, will, or other instrument.
Anagrams
• Rhodes, Rohdes, hordes, horsed, reshod, shoder, shored
Source: Wiktionary
De*hors", prep. Etym: [F., outside.] (Law)
Definition: Out of; without; foreign to; out of the agreement, record, will, or other instrument.
De*hors", n. (Mil.)
Definition: All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover. Farrow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
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