The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
Virginias
Virginia and West Virginia, collectively.
Source: Wiktionary
Vir*gin"i*a, n.
Definition: One of the States of the United States of America.
– a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia. Virginia cowslip (Bot.), the American lungwort (Mertensia Virginica).
– Virginia creeper (Bot.), a common ornamental North American woody vine (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), climbing extensively by means of tendrils; -- called also woodbine, and American ivy. [U.S.] -- Virginia fence. See Worm fence, under Fence.
– Virginia nightingale (Zoöl.), the cardinal bird. See under Cardinal.
– Virginia quail (Zoöl.), the bobwhite.
– Virginia reel, an old English contradance; -- so called in the United States. Bartlett.
– Virginia stock. (Bot.) See Mahon stock.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.