In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
pinweed (plural pinweeds)
Any plant of the genus Lechea, low North American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers.
Source: Wiktionary
Pin"weed`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: Any plant of the genus Lechea, low North American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.