In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
MURICES
Noun
murices
plural of murex
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• ceriums, erucism, miscure
Source: Wiktionary
MUREX
Mu"rex, n.; pl. Murices. Etym: [L., the purple fish.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of marine gastropods, having rough, and frequently spinose, shells, which are often highly colored inside; the rock shells. They abound in tropical seas.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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