In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
ELLACHICK
El"la*chick, n. Etym: [Native Indian name.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A fresh-water tortoise (Chelopus marmoratus) of California; -- used as food.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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