In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SUNDIAL
sundial
(noun) timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sundial (plural sundials)
A device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks.
Hyponyms
• (on churches): mass dial, tide dial, scratch dial
Anagrams
• dunsail
Source: Wiktionary
Sun"di`al, n.
Definition: An instrument to show the time of day by means of the shadow of a gnomon, or style, on a plate. Sundial shell (Zoöl.), any shell of the genus Solarium. See Solarium.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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