FIDDLEBACK

Etymology

Noun

fiddleback (plural fiddlebacks)

The brown recluse spider.

A feature of maple wood where the fibers are distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern.

A kind of chasuble with the front cut away.

Source: Wiktionary



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(adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure


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Coffee Trivia

In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.

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