In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ocarina, sweet potato
(noun) egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ocarina (plural ocarinas)
(musical instruments) A woodwind musical instrument that is closed at both sides to produce an enclosed space, and punctured with finger holes.
• Aaronic
Source: Wiktionary
Oc`a*ri"na, n. [Cf. It. carino pretty.] (Mus.)
Definition: A kind of small simple wind instrument.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.