In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SCOTIA
Proper noun
Scotia
(poetic) Scotland.
A census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, United States.
A village in Nebraska.
A village in New York.
A town in South Carolina.
Anagrams
• Caitos, Sciota, catios, coatis
Etymology
Noun
scotia (plural scotias)
(architecture) A concave molding with a lower edge projecting beyond the top.
Synonyms
• trochilus
Hypernyms
• molding
Anagrams
• Caitos, Sciota, catios, coatis
Source: Wiktionary
Sco"ti*a, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. skoti`a darkness, a sunken molding in the base of a pillar, so called from the dark shadow it casts, from sko`tos darkness.] (Arch.)
Definition: A concave molding used especially in classical architecture.
Sco"ti*a, n. Etym: [L.]
Definition: Scotland [Poetic] O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! Burns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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