In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LACTEALS
Noun
lacteals
plural of lacteal
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Source: Wiktionary
LACTEAL
Lac"te*al, a. Etym: [L. lacteus milky, fr. lac, lactis, milk. Cf. Galaxy, Lettuce.]
1. Pertaining to, or resembling, milk; milky; as, the lacteal fluid.
2. (Anat. & Physiol.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or containing, chyle; as, the lacteal vessels.
Lac"te*al, n. (Anat.)
Definition: One of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the small intestine through the mesenteric glands to the thoracic duct; a chyliferous vessel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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