In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
LUNATES
Noun
lunates
plural of lunate
Anagrams
• eluants, unstale, unsteal
Source: Wiktionary
LUNATE
Lu"nate, Lu"na*ted, a. Etym: [L. lunatus crescent-shaped, p. p. of lunare to bend like a crescent, fr. luna the moon.]
Definition: Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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