In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
GARBS
Noun
garbs
plural of garb
Anagrams
• brags, grabs
Source: Wiktionary
GARB
Garb, n. Etym: [OF. garbe looks, countenance, grace, ornament, fr. OHG. garawi, garwi, ornament, dress. akin to E. gear. See Gear, n.]
1. (a) Clothing in general. (b) The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person, especially when indicating rank or office; as, the garb of a clergyman or a judge. (c) Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the 16th century.
2. External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech. You thought, because he could not speak English in the native garb, he could not therefore handle an English cudgel. Shak.
Garb, n. Etym: [F. gerbe, OF. also garbe, OHG. garba, G. garbe; cf. Skr. grbh to seize, E. grab.] (Her.)
Definition: A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified).
Garb, v. t.
Definition: To clothe; array; deck. These black dog-Dons Garb themselves bravely. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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