In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
STERCORATE
Noun
stercorate
(obsolete) excrement; dung
Verb
stercorate (third-person singular simple present stercorates, present participle stercorating, simple past and past participle stercorated)
To manure.
Anagrams
• rectorates
Source: Wiktionary
Ster"co*rate, n.
Definition: Excrement; dung. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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