The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
cockscombs
plural of cockscomb
Source: Wiktionary
Cocks"comb, n. Etym: [1st cock, n. + comb crest.]
1. See Coxcomb.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the Rhinanthus Crista-galli, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 March 2025
(noun) magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.