The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
greaving
present participle of greave
Source: Wiktionary
Greave, n.
Definition: A grove. [Obs.] Spenser.
Greave, n. Etym: [OF. greees; cf. Sp. grevas.]
Definition: Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural.
Greave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greaved (grevd); p. pr. & vb. n. Greaving.] Etym: [From Greaves.] (Naut.)
Definition: To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 April 2025
(noun) an unofficial association of people or groups; “the smart set goes there”; “they were an angry lot”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.