In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
WRAITHS
Noun
wraiths
plural of wraith
Anagrams
• Swihart, Wishart, trishaw, wartish
Source: Wiktionary
WRAITH
Wraith, n. Etym: [Scot. wraith, warth; probably originally, a guardian angel, from Icel. vörthr a warden, guardian, akin to E. ward. See Ward a guard.]
1. An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image. [Scot.] She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her wraith. Sir W. Scott. O, hollow wraith of dying fame. Tennyson.
2. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over the waters; -- called also water wraith. M. G. Lewis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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