The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
discerped
simple past tense and past participle of discerp
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*cerp", v. t. Etym: [L. discerpere, discerptum; dis- + carpere to pluck.]
1. To tear in pieces; to rend. [R.] Stukeley.
2. To separate; to disunite. [R.] Bp. Hurd.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 June 2025
(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.