In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his familyās pot filled with coffee.
REDIAE
Noun
rediae
plural of redia
Anagrams
• aeried, dearie, readie
Source: Wiktionary
REDIA
Re"di*a (r"d*), n.; pl. L. RediƦ (-e), E. Redias (-. Etym: [NL.; of uncertain origin.] (Zoƶl.)
Definition: A kind of larva, or nurse, which is prroduced within the sporocyst of certain trematodes by asexual generation. It in turn produces, in the same way, either another generation of rediƦ, or else cercariƦ within its own body. Called also proscolex, and nurse. See Illustration in Appendix.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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