The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
UNDERBEARING
Verb
underbearing
present participle of underbear
Source: Wiktionary
UNDERBEAR
Un`der*bear", v. t. Etym: [AS. underberan. See Under, and Bear to support.]
1. To support; to endure. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To line; to guard; to face; as, cloth of gold underborne with blue tinsel. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
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