The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
kris, creese, crease
(noun) a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
Source: WordNet® 3.1
creese (plural creeses)
Archaic form of kris.
creese (third-person singular simple present creeses, present participle creesing, simple past and past participle creesed)
Archaic form of kris.
Source: Wiktionary
Creese (krs), n. Etym: [Malay. kris.]
Definition: A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade. [Written also crease and kris.] From a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife. Julian Hawthorne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.