In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
BESTILL
Etymology
Verb
bestill (third-person singular simple present bestills, present participle bestilling, simple past and past participle bestilled)
(transitive) To make quiet or still; calm; pacify.
Anagrams
• LIBlets, bellist, billets
Source: Wiktionary
Be*still", v. t.
Definition: To make still.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MEGACOLON
(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)
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