In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LAUNCES
Noun
launces
plural of launce
Anagrams
• Lucenas, auncels, censual, lacunes, unlaces, unscale
Source: Wiktionary
LAUNCE
Launce, n.
Definition: A lance. [Obs.]
Launce, n. Etym: [It. lance, L. lanx, lancis, plate, scale of a balance. Cf. Balance.]
Definition: A balance. [Obs.] Fortune all in equal launce doth sway. Spenser.
Launce, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: See Lant, the fish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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