In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
EKALUMINIUM
Ek*al`u*min"i*um, n. Etym: [Skr. one + E. aluminium.] (Chem.)
Definition: The name given to a hypothetical element, -- later discovered and called gallium. See Gallium, and cf. Ekabor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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