In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PURLINES
Noun
purlines
plural of purline
Anagrams
• spurline
Source: Wiktionary
PURLINE
Pur"lin, Pur"line, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Arch.)
Definition: In root construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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