The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
UNGIRDING
Verb
ungirding
present participle of ungird
Source: Wiktionary
UNGIRD
Un*gird", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + gird.]
Definition: To loose the girdle or band of; to unbind; to unload. He ungirded his camels. Gen. xxiv. 32.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
25 November 2024
ONCHOCERCIASIS
(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
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