In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
HIPPE
Hip"pa, Hip"pe, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of marine decapod crustaceans, which burrow rapidly in the sand by pushing themselves backward; -- called also bait bug. See Illust. under Anomura.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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