In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
QUADRIREME
Noun
quadrireme (plural quadriremes)
(history, nautical) a galley with four banks of oars, each rowed by two oarsmen.
Source: Wiktionary
Quad"ri*reme, n. Etym: [L. quadriremis; quattuor four + remus an oar: cf. F. quadrirème.] (Antiq.)
Definition: A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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