In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SANDERS
Etymology
Proper noun
Sanders (plural Sanderses)
A patronymic surname
(rare) A male given name from surnames.
Anagrams
• Snaders, radness, resands, sandres
Etymology 1
Noun
sanders
plural of sander
Etymology 2
Noun
sanders (uncountable)
(obsolete) sandalwood, especially the red sandalwood
Anagrams
• Snaders, radness, resands, sandres
Source: Wiktionary
San"ders, n. Etym: [See Sandal.]
Definition: An old name of sandalwood, now applied only to the red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.
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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