In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
BECKONED
Verb
beckoned
simple past tense and past participle of beckon
Source: Wiktionary
BECKON
Beck"on, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beckoned (p. pr. & vb. n. Beckoning.]
Definition: To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand. His distant friends, he beckons near. Dryden. It beckons you to go away with it. Shak.
Beck"on, n.
Definition: A sign made without words; a beck. "At the first beckon." Bolingbroke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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