In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
REDUCTIVES
Noun
reductives
plural of reductive
Source: Wiktionary
REDUCTIVE
Re*duc"tive (-tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. réductif.]
Definition: Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing.
– n.
Definition: A reductive agent. Sir M. Hale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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