In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Flu"can, n. (Mining)
Definition: Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it. [Written also flookan, flukan, and fluccan.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.