In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SOAPSTONE
soapstone, soaprock, soap-rock, steatite
(noun) a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
soapstone (countable and uncountable, plural soapstones)
(geology) a soft rock, rich in talc, also containing serpentine and either magnetite, dolomite or calcite
Verb
soapstone (third-person singular simple present soapstones, present participle soapstoning, simple past and past participle soapstoned)
(transitive) To scrub with soapstone.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Soap"stone`, n.
Definition: See Steatite, and Talc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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