In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
STANIEL
Etymology
Noun
staniel (plural staniels)
The kestrel or windhover
Synonyms
• stand hawk
• stannel hawk
Anagrams
• Latines, alestin, elastin, entails, nail set, nailest, nailset, salient, saltine, stealin', tselina
Source: Wiktionary
Stan"iel, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: See Stannel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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