In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PINACOID
Etymology
Noun
pinacoid (plural pinacoids)
(crystallography) The face of a crystal parallel to two of the axes.
Anagrams
• caponiid, diapnoic, panicoid
Source: Wiktionary
Pin"a*coid, n. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Crystallog.)
Definition: A plane parallel to two of the crystalline axes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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