In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
DUMPLING
dumpling
(noun) dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry
dumpling, dumplings
(noun) small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dumpling (plural dumplings)
(culinary) A ball of dough that is cooked and may have a filling and/or additional ingredients in the dough. [from 17th c.]
By restriction, a food composed of a dough wrapper around a filling.
(familiar) A term of endearment.
(mildly, vulgar) A piece of excrement.
Hyponyms
• See also dumpling
Source: Wiktionary
Dump"ling, n. Etym: [Dimin. of dump an illshapen piece; cf. D. dompelen to plunge, dip, duck, Scot. to dump in to plunge into, and E. dump, v. t.]
Definition: A roundish mass of dough boiled in soup, or as a sort of pudding; often, a cover of paste inclosing an apple or other fruit, and boiled or baked; as, an apple dumpling.
DUMPLE
Dum"ple, v. t. Etym: [See Dumpling.]
Definition: To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another. [R.] He was a little man, dumpled up together. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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