In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MALLEUSES
MALLEUS
Mal"le*us, n.; pl. Mallei. Etym: [L., hammer. See Mall a beetle.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the hard lateral pieces of the mastax of Rotifera. See Mastax.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of bivalve shells; the hammer shell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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