The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
gurged
simple past tense and past participle of gurge
• Dugger, Gudger, grudge, rugged
Source: Wiktionary
Gurge, n. Etym: [L. gurges.]
Definition: A whirlpool. [Obs.] The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge Boils out from under ground. Milton.
Gurge, v. t. Etym: [See Gorge.]
Definition: To swallow up. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.