The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
hocussed
simple past tense and past participle of hocus
Source: Wiktionary
Ho"cus, v. t. Etym: [See Hocus-pocus.]
1. To deceive or cheat. Halliwell.
2. To adulterate; to drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the purpose of stupefying the drinker. Dickens.
3. To stupefy with drugged liquor. Thackeray.
Ho"cus, n.
1. One who cheats or deceives. South.
2. Drugged liquor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.