In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DIOPTERS
Noun
diopters
plural of diopter
Anagrams
• dioptres, dipteros, dropsite, peridots, portside, proetids, proteids, protides, pteroids, reptoids, riposted, topsider, tripodes
Source: Wiktionary
DIOPTER
Di*op"ter, Di*op"tra, n. Etym: [L. dioptra, fr. Gr. Dioptric.]
Definition: An optical instrument, invented by Hipparchus, for taking altitudes, leveling, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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