In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LINEATION
lineation
(noun) the act of marking or outlining with lines
outline, lineation
(noun) the line that appears to bound an object
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lineation (countable and uncountable, plural lineations)
(geology) A linear feature in rock, often structural
(literature) The way in which line breaks are inserted in a poem
Source: Wiktionary
Lin`e*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. lineatio the drawing of a line, fr. lineare.]
Definition: Delineation; a line or lines.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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