In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RHEEBOC
Rhee"boc, n. Etym: [D. reebok roebuck.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The peele. [Written also reebok.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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