In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MENILITE
Etymology
Noun
menilite (plural menilites)
(mineral) An opal.
Anagrams
• ilmenite, line item, melinite, time line, time-line, timeline
Source: Wiktionary
Men"i*lite, n. Etym: [F. ménilite; -- so called because it is found at Ménilmontant, near Paris.] (Min.)
Definition: See Opal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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