In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ECHIUROIDEA
Ech`i*u*roi"de*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. echiurus, the name of one genus (Gr. -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A division of Annelida which includes the genus Echiurus and allies. They are often classed among the Gephyrea, and called the armed Gephyreans.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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