In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SEXTILES
Noun
sextiles
plural of sextile
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SEXTILE
Sex"tile, a. Etym: [F. sextil, fr. L. sextus the sixth, from sex six. See Six.] (Astrol.)
Definition: Measured by sixty degrees; fixed or indicated by a distance of sixty degrees. Glanvill.
Sex"tile, n. Etym: [Cf. F. aspect sextil.] (Astrol.)
Definition: The aspect or position of two planets when distant from each other sixty degrees, or two signs. This position is marked thus: Hutton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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