In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GLISTERS
Noun
glisters
plural of glister
Anagrams
• gristles, gritless
Source: Wiktionary
GLISTER
Glis"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glistered; p. pr. & vb. n. Glistering.] Etym: [OE. glistren; akin to G. glistern,glinstern, D. glinsteren, and E. glisten. See Glisten.]
Definition: To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter. All that glisters is not gold. Shak.
Glis"ter, n.
Definition: Glitter; luster.
Glis"ter, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. glistere.]
Definition: Same as Clyster.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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