In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
CARTELS
Noun
cartels
plural of cartel
Anagrams
• Clarets, Scarlet, arclets, castler, castrel, clarets, crestal, lacerts, rectals, scarlet
Source: Wiktionary
CARTEL
Car*tel", n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper, dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st Card.]
1. (Mil.)
Definition: An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners. Wilhelm.
2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. [Obs.] He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., Sir W. Scott. Cartel, or Cartel ship, a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture.
Car"tel, v. t.
Definition: To defy or challenge. [Obs.] You shall cartel him. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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