In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LINKAGES
Noun
linkages
plural of linkage
Anagrams
• leakings, snaglike
Source: Wiktionary
LINKAGE
Link"age, n.
1. The act of linking; the state of being linked; also, a system of links.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: Manner of linking or of being linked; -- said of the union of atoms or radicals in the molecule.
3. (Geom.)
Definition: A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joins, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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