The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
caterwaulings
plural of caterwauling
Source: Wiktionary
Cat"er*waul`ing, n.
Definition: The cry of cats; a harsh, disagreeable noise or cry like the cry of cats. Shak.
Cat"er*waul, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caterwauled; p. pr. & vb. n. Caterwauling.] Etym: [Cat + waul, wawl, to cry as a cat.]
Definition: To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise. Coleridge.
Cat"er*waul, n.
Definition: A caterwauling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 October 2024
(noun) a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it; “the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.