The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
hairbreadths
plural of hairbreadth
• hair's breadth, hairsbreadth
Source: Wiktionary
Hair"breadth`, Hair's"breadth`, a.
Definition: The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty-eighth part of an inch. Every one could sling stones at an hairbreadth and not miss. Judg. xx. 16
Hair"breadth`, a.
Definition: Having the breadth of a hair; very narrow; as, a hairbreadth escape.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 January 2025
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.