In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DIGITATION
Etymology
Noun
digitation (countable and uncountable, plural digitations)
(obsolete) Touching; manipulation with the fingers.
(zoology, botany) Any of various finger-like process found in plant and animal tissues.
Anagrams
• goniatitid
Source: Wiktionary
Dig`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. digitation.]
Definition: A division into fingers or fingerlike processes; also, a fingerlike process.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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