In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EQUITANT
Etymology
Adjective
equitant (not comparable)
Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
(botany) Overlapping at the base.
Anagrams
• quintate
Source: Wiktionary
Eq"ui*tant, a. Etym: [L. equitans, -antis, p. pr. of equitare to ride, fr. eques horseman, fr. equus horse.]
1. Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Overlapping each other; -- said of leaves whose bases are folded so as to overlap and bestride the leaves within or above them, as in the iris.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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