In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ENGRAVERY
Etymology
Noun
engravery (usually uncountable, plural engraveries)
(archaic) The trade or work of an engraver.
Source: Wiktionary
En*grav"er*y, n.
Definition: The trade or work of an engraver. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FUDGE
(verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception; “Fudge the figures”; “cook the books”; “falsify the data”
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