In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LITHOTINT
Lith"o*tint, n. Etym: [Litho- + tint.]
1. A kind of lithography by which the effect of a tinted drawing is produced, as if made with India ink.
2. A picture produced by this process.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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