The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
excoriates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of excoriate
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*co"ri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excoriated;p. pr. & vb. n. excoriating.] Etym: [L. excoriare; ex out + corium hide. cf. Scourge; see Cuirass.]
Definition: To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 June 2024
(noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); “there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.