In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GLAZERS
Proper noun
Glazers
plural of Glazer
Noun
glazers
plural of glazer
Source: Wiktionary
GLAZER
Glaz"er, n.
1. One who applies glazing, as in pottery manufacture, etc.; one who gives a glasslike or glossy surface to anything; a calenderer or smoother of cloth, paper, and the like.
2. A tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing, etc.; amoung cutlers and lapidaries, a wooden wheel covered with emery, or having a band of lead and tin alloy, for polishing cutlery, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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