In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LEWISES
Noun
lewises
plural of lewis
Proper noun
Lewises
plural of Lewis
Source: Wiktionary
LEWIS
Lew"is, Lew"is*son, n.
1. An iron dovetailed tenon, made in sections, which can be fitted into a dovetail mortise; -- used in hoisting large stones, etc.
2. A kind of shears used in cropping woolen cloth. Lewis hole, a hole wider at the bottom than at the mouth, into which a lewis is fitted. De Foe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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