In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MINERALIZER
Etymology
Noun
mineralizer (plural mineralizers)
An element which is combined with a metal to form an ore.
A volatile or other substance, such as water, that facilitates the recrystallization of rocks.
Source: Wiktionary
Min"er*al*i`zer, n.
Definition: An element which is combined with a metal, thus forming an ore. Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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