In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
FINERIES
Noun
fineries
plural of finery
Source: Wiktionary
FINERY
Fin"er*y, n.
1. Fineness; beauty. [Obs.] Don't choose your place of study by the finery of the prospects. I. Watts.
2. Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration; showy clothes; jewels. Her mistress' cast-off finery. F. W. Robertson.
3. Etym: [Cf. Refinery.] (Iron Works)
Definition: A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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