ostracon

ostracon - noun - An inscribed potsherd.

The greeks used this tool to get rid of politicians. It was actually quite a painful process. The assembly (read: the citizens) would enscribe the name of the politician they wanted out of office on a piece of pottery and drop it in a bowl in the senate. When the shards of pottery were counted, if the appropriate number was met, the politician was banished from Athens for 10 years.

-- source: History channel, wikipedia

redolent

redolent - adj. - exuding fragrance, aromatic; full of a specified fragrance, scented

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