The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
fraised (not comparable)
Fortified with a fraise.
• farside
Source: Wiktionary
Fraised, a.
Definition: Fortified with a fraise.
Fraise, n. Etym: [See Froise.]
Definition: A large and thick pancake, with slices of bacon in it. [Obs.] Johnson.
Fraise, n. Etym: [F. fraise, orig., a ruff, cf. F. frise frieze, E. frieze a coarse stuff.]
1. (Fort.)
Definition: A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
2. (Mech.)
Definition: A fluted reamer for enlarging holes in stone; a small milling cutter.
Fraise, v. t. (Mil.)
Definition: To protect, as a line of troops, against an onset of cavalry, by opposing bayonets raised obliquely forward. Wilhelm.
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.