In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
POTASHES
Proper noun
Potashes
plural of Potash
Anagrams
• pathoses, spathose, tea shops, teashops
Noun
potashes
plural of potash
Verb
potashes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of potash
Anagrams
• pathoses, spathose, tea shops, teashops
Source: Wiktionary
Pot"ash`es, n. pl. (Chem.)
Definition: Potash. [Obs.]
POTASH
Pot"ash`, n. Etym: [Pot + ash.] (Chem.) (a) The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, KOH, having strong caustic and alkaline properties; -- hence called also caustic potash. (b) The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash).
POTASH
Pot"ash`, n. Etym: [Pot + ash.] (Chem.) (a) The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, KOH, having strong caustic and alkaline properties; -- hence called also caustic potash. (b) The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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