In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DISCRADLE
Dis*cra"dle, v. t.
Definition: To take from a cradle. [R.] This airy apparition first discradled From Tournay into Portugal. Ford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi
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