The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
straightens
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of straighten
• shatterings
Source: Wiktionary
Straight"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Straighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Straighting.]
1. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form.
2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one's affairs; to straighten an account. To straighten one's face, to cease laughing or smiling, etc., and compose one's features.
Straight"en, v. t.
Definition: A variant of Straiten. [Obs. or R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 June 2025
(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.