In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
PURPURE
Etymology
Noun
purpure (uncountable)
(tincture) A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.
Adjective
purpure (not comparable)
(tincture) In blazon, of the colour purple.
Source: Wiktionary
Pur"pure, n. Etym: [L. purpura purple. See Purple.] (Her.)
Definition: Purple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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