In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SCULLS
Noun
sculls
plural of scull
Proper noun
Sculls
plural of Scull
Source: Wiktionary
SCULL
Scull, n. (Anat.)
Definition: The skull. [Obs.]
Scull, n. Etym: [See 1st School.]
Definition: A shoal of fish. Milton.
Scull, n. Etym: [Of uncertain origin; cf. Icel. skola to wash.]
1. (Naut.) (a) A boat; a cockboat. See Sculler. (b) One of a pair of short oars worked by one person. (c) A single oar used at the stern in propelling a boat.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The common skua gull. [Prov. Eng.]
Scull, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sculled; p. pr. & vb. n. Sculling.] (Naut.)
Definition: To impel (a boat) with a pair of sculls, or with a single scull or oar worked over the stern obliquely from side to side.
Scull, v. i.
Definition: To impel a boat with a scull or sculls.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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