The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
billowy, billowing, surging
(adjective) characterized by great swelling waves or surges; “billowy storm clouds”; “the restless billowing sea”; “surging waves”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
billowing
present participle of billow
billowing (plural billowings)
The act of something that billows; a billow.
Source: Wiktionary
Bil"low, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. bylgja billow, Dan. bölge, Sw. bölja; akin to MHG. bulge billow, bag, and to E. bulge. See Bulge.]
1. A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind. Whom the winds waft where'er the billows roll. Cowper.
2. A great wave or flood of anything. Milton.
Bil"low, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Billowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Billowing.]
Definition: To surge; to rise and roll in waves or surges; to undulate. "The billowing snow." Prior.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 December 2024
(noun) a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.