In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GARNITURES
Noun
garnitures
plural of garniture
Anagrams
• austringer, treasuring
Source: Wiktionary
GARNITURE
Gar"ni*ture, n. Etym: [F. garniture. See Garnish, v. t.]
Definition: That which garnishes; ornamental appendage; embellishment; furniture; dress. The pomp of groves and garniture of fields. Beattie.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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