The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
courbed
simple past tense and past participle of courb
Source: Wiktionary
Courb (krb), a. Etym: [F. courbe, fr. L. curvus. See Curve, a.]
Definition: Curved; rounded. [Obs.] Her neck is short, her shoulders courb. Gower.
Courb (krb), v. i. Etym: [F. courber. See Curs.]
Definition: To bend; to stop; to bow. [Obs.] Then I courbed on my knees. Piers Plowman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.