In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PORTOISES
Noun
portoises
plural of portoise
Source: Wiktionary
PORTOISE
Por"toise, n. Etym: [Perhaps fr. OF. porteis portative, portable.] (Naut.)
Definition: The gunwale of a ship. To lower the yards a-portoise, to lower them to the gunwale.
– To ride a portoise, to ride an anchor with the lower yards and topmasts struck or lowered, as in a gale of wind.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPIRITEDLY
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
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