In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RASURES
Noun
rasures
plural of rasure
Anagrams
• assurer
Source: Wiktionary
RASURE
Ra"sure, n. Etym: [L. rasura, fr. radere, rasum, to scrape, to shave. See Rase, v.]
1. The act of rasing, scraping, or erasing; erasure; obliteration.
2. A mark by which a letter, word, or any part of a writing or print, is erased, effaced, or obliterated; an erasure. Ayliffe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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