In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Mawk"y, a.
Definition: Maggoty. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.