In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PLAQUETTE
Etymology
Noun
plaquette (plural plaquettes)
A small metal tablet decorated in bas-relief, usually with a design including figures.
(physics) The smallest closed loop, enclosing the region between four lattice sites, in lattice gauge theory.
Source: Wiktionary
Pla`quette", n. [F., dim. of plaque plate, plaque. See Plaque.]
Definition: A small plaque, esp., in modern medal engraving, a small and delicate bas-relief, whether cast or struck from a die, or of form other than circular.
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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