In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
EARSORE
Ear"sore`, n.
Definition: An annoyance to the ear. [R.] The perpetual jangling of the chimes . . . is no small earsore Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RAREFACTION
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
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