The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
howlet (plural howlets)
An owl; an owlet.
• thowel
Source: Wiktionary
Howl"et, n. Etym: [Equiv. to owlet, influenced by howl: cf. F. hulotte, OHG. h, hiuwela.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: An owl; an owlet. [Written also houlet.] R. Browning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.