In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
ERASING
Verb
erasing
present participle of erase
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• Angries, Gainers, Gearins, Reagins, Searing, earings, gainers, inrages, raignes, reagins, regains, regians, searing, seringa
Source: Wiktionary
ERASE
E*rase", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Erased; p. pr. & vb. n.. Erasing.] Etym: [L. erasus, p. p. of eradere to erase; e out + radere to scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase.]
1. To rub or scrape out, as letters or characters written, engraved, or painted; to efface; to expunge; to cross out; as, to erase a word or a name.
2. Fig.: To obliterate; to expunge; to blot out; -- used of ideas in the mind or memory. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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