In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
furbishes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of furbish
• burfishes, bush fires, bushfires
Source: Wiktionary
Fur"bish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furbished; p. pr. & vb. n. Furbishing.] Etym: [OE. forbischen, OF. forbir, furbir, fourbir, F. fourbir, fr. OHG. furban to clean. See -ish.]
Definition: To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear. Shak. Furbish new the name of John a Gaunt. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.