In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
GLOME
Glombe, Glome, v. i.
Definition: To gloom; to look gloomy, morose, or sullen. [Obs.] Surrey.
Glome, n.
Definition: Gloom. [Obs.]
Glome, n. Etym: [L. glomus a ball. Cf. Globe.] (Anat.)
Definition: One of the two prominences at the posterior extremity of the frog of the horse's foot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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