In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PORTAS
Noun
portas (plural portases)
Obsolete form of portass.
Anagrams
• Sproat, asport, pastor, sap rot, saprot
Proper noun
Portas
plural of Porta
Anagrams
• Sproat, asport, pastor, sap rot, saprot
Source: Wiktionary
PORTA
Por"ta, n.; pl. Portæ. Etym: [L., a gate. See Port a hole.] (Anat.) (a) The part of the liver or other organ where its vessels and nerves enter; the hilus. (b) The foramen of Monro. B. G. Wilder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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