In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PALPIFER
Pal"pi*fer, n. Etym: [Palpus + L. ferre to bear.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Same as Palpiger.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUSPENDED
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
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