In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ICEFALL
icefall
(noun) a steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
icefall (plural icefalls)
A relatively rapid and turbulent flow of ice, somewhat analogous to a waterfall.
Source: Wiktionary
Ice"fall`, n.
Definition: A frozen waterfall, or mass of ice resembling a frozen waterfall. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
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