The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
E*pei"ra, n. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A genus of spiders, including the common garden spider (E. diadema). They spin geometrical webs. See Garden spider.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.