The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
manuscripts
plural of manuscript
• mss or mss.
Source: Wiktionary
Man"u*script, a. Etym: [L. manu scriptus. See Manual, and Scribe.]
Definition: Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.
Man"u*script, n. Etym: [LL. manuscriptum, lit., something written with the hand. See Manuscript, a.]
1. A literary or musical composition written with the hand, as distinguished from a printed copy.
2. Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript. Craik.
Note: The word is often abbreviated to MS., plural MSS.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2024
(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.