In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MATRIXES
Noun
matrixes
plural of matrix
Source: Wiktionary
MATRIX
Ma"trix, n.; pl. Matrices. Etym: [L., fr. mater mother. See Mother, and cf. Matrice.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: The womb. All that openeth the matrix is mine. Ex. xxxiv. 19.
2. Hence, that which gives form or origin to anything; as: (a) (Mech.) The cavity in which anything is formed, and which gives it shape; a die; a mold, as for the face of a type. (b) (Min.) The earthy or stony substance in which metallic ores or crystallized minerals are found; the gangue. (c) pl. (Dyeing)
Definition: The five simple colors, black, white, blue, red, and yellow, of which all the rest are composed.
3. (Biol.)
Definition: The lifeless portion of tissue, either animal or vegetable, situated between the cells; the intercellular substance.
4. (Math.)
Definition: A rectangular arrangement of symbols in rows and columns. The symbols may express quantities or operations.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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