In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TUNICIN
Etymology
Noun
tunicin (countable and uncountable, plural tunicins)
(carbohydrate) Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom.
Source: Wiktionary
Tu"ni*cin, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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