The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
heles
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hele
• Ehles, heels
Source: Wiktionary
Hele, n. Etym: [See Heal, n.]
Definition: Health; welfare. [Obs.] "In joy and perfyt hele." Chaucer.
Hele, v. t. Etym: [AS. helan, akin to D. helen, OHG. helan, G. hehlen, L. celare. sq. root17. See Hell, and cf. Conceal.]
Definition: To hide; to cover; to roof. [Obs.] Hide and hele things. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.