In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TEPHROITE
Etymology
Noun
tephroite (countable and uncountable, plural tephroites)
(mineral) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
Source: Wiktionary
Teph"ro*ite, n. Etym: [See Tephrosia.] (Min.)
Definition: A silicate of manganese of an ash-gray color.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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