In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RINGTAILS
Noun
ringtails
plural of ringtail
Anagrams
• Tringalis, trailings, trialings
Source: Wiktionary
RINGTAIL
Ring"tail`, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail. Ringtail boom (Naut.), a spar which is rigged on a boom for setting a ringtail.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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