In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
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XYLOTOMY
Xy*lot"o*my, n. [Pref. xylo-+ -tomy.]
Definition: Art of preparing sections (transverse, tangential, or radial) of wood, esp. by means of a microtome, for microscopic examination.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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