In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
STITCHERY
sewing, stitchery
(noun) needlework on which you are working with needle and thread; “she put her sewing back in the basket”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stitchery (countable and uncountable, plural stitcheries)
fine work done by stitching
Source: Wiktionary
Stitch"er*y, n.
Definition: Needlework; -- in comtempt. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRACE
(verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; “We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba”; “trace the student’s progress”; “trace one’s ancestry”
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