In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
niters
plural of niter
• Insert, Stiner, Strine, Tiners, estrin, inerts, insert, inters, nitres, sinter, terins, triens, trines
Source: Wiktionary
Ni"ter, Ni"tre, n. Etym: [F. nitre, L. nitrum native soda, natron, Gr. nit, natr natron. Cf. Natron.]
1. (Chem.)
Definition: A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: Native sodium carbonate; natron. [Obs.] For though thou wash thee with niter, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me. Jer. ii. 22. Cubic niter, a deliquescent salt, sodium nitrate, found as a native incrustation, like niter, in Peru and Chili, whence it is known also as Chili saltpeter.
– Niter bush (Bot.), a genus (Nitraria) of thorny shrubs bearing edible berries, and growing in the saline plains of Asia and Northern Africa.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 May 2025
(adverb) showing consideration and thoughtfulness; “he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.