In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
legions
plural of legion
• Oesling, eloigns, lignose, lingoes, longies, ogle-ins, sloe gin
Source: Wiktionary
Le"gion, n. Etym: [OE. legioun, OF. legion, F. légion, fr. L. legio, fr. legere to gather, collect. See Legend.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.)
Definition: A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, -- from about four thousand to about six thousand men, -- the cavalry being about one tenth.
2. A military force; an army; military bands.
3. A great number; a multitude. Where one sin has entered,legions will force their way through the same breach. Rogers.
4. (Taxonomy)
Definition: A group of orders inferior to a class. Legion of honor, an order instituted by the French government in 1802, when Bonaparte was First Consul, as a reward for merit, both civil and military.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 April 2025
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.