The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
shirred
simple past tense and past participle of shirr
Source: Wiktionary
Shirred, a.
1. (Sewing)
Definition: Made or gathered into a shirr; as, a shirred bonnet.
2. (Cookery)
Definition: Broken into an earthen dish and baked over the fire; -- said of eggs.
Shirr, n. (Sewing)
Definition: A series of close parallel runnings which are drawn up so as to make the material between them set full by gatherings; -- called also shirring, and gauging.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.