In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
FOULDER
Etymology
Verb
foulder (third-person singular simple present foulders, present participle fouldering, simple past and past participle fouldered)
(obsolete) To flash like lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder.
Anagrams
• deflour, floured, fuel rod
Source: Wiktionary
Foul"der, v. i. Etym: [OE. fouldre lightning, fr. F. foudre, OF. also fouldre, fr. L. fulgur. See Fulgor.]
Definition: To flash, as lightning; to lighten; to gleam; to thunder. [Obs.] "Flames of fouldering heat." Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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