In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
XYLOPHONES
Noun
xylophones
plural of xylophone
Verb
xylophones
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of xylophone
Anagrams
• oxyphenols
Source: Wiktionary
XYLOPHONE
Xy"lo*phone, n. Etym: [Xylo- + Gr. fwnh` sound.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle.
2. An instrument to determine the vibrative properties of different kinds of wood. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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