In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FRETSAW
jigsaw, scroll saw, fretsaw
(noun) fine-toothed power saw with a narrow blade; used to cut curved outlines
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fretsaw (plural fretsaws)
A saw consisting of a metal frame having a fine-toothed narrow blade held under tension, used in making curved cuts.
Coordinate terms
• scroll saw, the power version of a fretsaw
Verb
fretsaw (third-person singular simple present fretsaws, present participle fretsawing, simple past fretsawed, past participle fretsawn or fretsawed)
To cut with a fretsaw.
Anagrams
• wafters
Source: Wiktionary
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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