âºâº Definition: Inch. An inch is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, and United States customary units. There are 36 inches in a yard and 12 inches in a foot.The inch is usually the universal unit of measurement in the United States, and is widely used in the United Kingdom, and Canada, despite the introduction of metric to the latter two in the 1960s and 1970s, respectively.âº Definition: Inch. An inch is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, and United States customary units. There are 36 inches in a yard and 12 inches in a foot.
Suttee: Suttee, the Indian custom of a wife immolating herself either on the funeral pyre of her dead husband or in some other fashion soon after his death. Although never widely
A galette is a type of French pastry that is made with a rich, flaky crust, and traditionally served at Epiphany, on 6 January each year.Many bakeries also offer galettes year round, in both savory and sweet incarnations.n Epiphany galette is known in French as a galette des rois, or  king cake , and the consumer who gets the slice that has the charm in it is playfully crowned the king or queen. Savory fillings and garnishes are also not unusual. Meats such as ham and sausage are sometimes served with Galletes.