In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MITHGARTHR
Mid"gard (mid"gärd), n. Also Mid"garth (-gärth), Mith"garthr (Icel. meth"gärthr'). [Icel. miðgarðr.] (Teut. Myth.)
Definition: The middle space or region between heaven and hell, the abode of human beings; the earth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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