In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PARTICULATES
Noun
particulates
plural of particulate (“solid or liquid in a subdivided state”).
Synonym: particulate matter
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Source: Wiktionary
PARTICULATE
Par*tic"u*late, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Particle.]
Definition: To particularize. [Obs.]
Par*tic"u*late, a.
1. Having the form of a particle.
2. Referring to, or produced by, particles, such as dust, minute germs, etc. [R.] The smallpox is a particulate disease. Tyndall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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