The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
upwound
simple past tense and past participle of upwind
• wound up, wound-up
Source: Wiktionary
Up*wind", v. t.
Definition: To wind up. Spenser.
Up"-wind`, adv.
Definition: Against the wind.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.