In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
BESHINE
Etymology
Verb
beshine (third-person singular simple present beshines, present participle beshining, simple past and past participle beshone)
(transitive, obsolete) To shine around or upon.
(transitive, dialectal) To give light to.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*shine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beshone; p. pr. & vb. n. Beshining.]
Definition: To shine upon; to ullumine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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