In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TETHYS
Aplysia, genus Aplysia, Tethys, genus Tethus
(noun) type genus of the family Aplysiidae
Tethys
(noun) (Greek mythology) a Titaness and sea goddess; wife of Oceanus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Te"thys, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of a large naked mollusks having a very large, broad, fringed cephalic disk, and branched dorsal gills. Some of the species become a foot long and are brilliantly colored.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUFFOCATION
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
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