In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MASTICIN
Mas"ti*cin, n. (Chem.)
Definition: A white, amorphous, tenacious substance resembling caoutchouc, and obtained as an insoluble residue of mastic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FELLOW
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
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