In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SULCUS
sulcus
(noun) (anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sulcus (plural sulci)
(anatomy) A furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue.
(anatomy) Any of the grooves that mark the convolutions of the surface of the brain.
Synonym: fissure
(planetology) A region of subparallel grooves or ditches formed by a geological process.
Coordinate terms
• gyrus
Source: Wiktionary
Sul"cus, n.; pl. Sulci. Etym: [L., a furrow.]
Definition: A furrow; a groove; a fissure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; “the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English”; “he has a strong German accent”; “it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy”
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