In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
ENCAVE
Etymology
Verb
encave (third-person singular simple present encaves, present participle encaving, simple past and past participle encaved)
(transitive) To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess.
Source: Wiktionary
En*cave", v. t. Etym: [Pref. en- + cave: cf. F. encaver. Cf. Incavated.]
Definition: To hide in, or as in, a cave or recess. "Do but encave yourself." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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