In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
skutterudite (plural skutterudites)
(mineral) A class of mixed cobalt and nickel arsenide and sulfide minerals
Source: Wiktionary
Skut"ter*ud*ite, n. Etym: [From Skuttertid, in Norway, whence it is ibtained.] (Min.)
Definition: A mineral of a bright metallic luster and tin-white to pale lead-gray color. It consist of arsenic and cobalt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 October 2024
(noun) poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; “Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.