In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
NARCEINE
Noun
narceine (countable and uncountable, plural narceines)
(pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid contained in opium, occurring as fine white, silky crystals, slightly soluble in water, used as a substitute for morphine.
Source: Wiktionary
Nar"ce*ine, n. Etym: [L. narce numbness, torpor, Gr. narcé\'8bne.] (Chem.)
Definition: An alkaloid found in small quantities in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance of a bitter astringent taste. It is a narcotic. Called also narceia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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