In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
TOTALS
Noun
totals
plural of total
Verb
totals
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of total
Source: Wiktionary
TOTAL
To"tal, a. Etym: [F., fr. LL. totalis, fr. L. tolus all,whole. Cf. Factotum, Surtout, Teetotum.]
Definition: Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete; absolute; as, a total departure from the evidence; a total loss. " Total darkness." "To undergo myself the total crime." Milton. Total abstinence. See Abstinence, n., 1.
– Total depravity. (Theol.) See Original sin, under Original.
Syn: Whole; entire; complete. See Whole.
To"tal, n.
Definition: The whole; the whole sum or amount; as, these sums added make the grand total of five millions.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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