In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
STRICTIONS
STRICTION
Stric"tion, n. Etym: [L. strictio. See Stringent.]
Definition: The act of constricting, or the state of being constricted. Line of striction (Geom.), the line on a skew surface that cuts each generator in that point of it that is nearest to the succeeding generator.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ELOQUENCE
(noun) powerful and effective language; “his eloquence attracted a large congregation”; “fluency in spoken and written English is essential”; “his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police”
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