In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
grin
(verb) to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
Source: WordNet® 3.1
grinned
simple past tense and past participle of grin
• derning, rending
Source: Wiktionary
Grin, n. Etym: [AS. grin.]
Definition: A snare; a gin. [Obs.] Like a bird that hasteth to his grin. Remedy of Love.
Grin, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grinned; p. pr. & vb. n. Grinning.] Etym: [OE. grinnen, grennen, AS. grennian, Sw. grina; akin to D. grijnen, G. greinen, OHG. grinan, Dan. grine. Groan.]
1. To show the teeth, as a dog; to shsrl.
2. To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, acorn, or pain. The pangs of death do make him grin. Shak.
Grin, v. t.
Definition: To express by grinning. Grinned horrible a ghastly smile.Milton.
Grin, n.
Definition: The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or smeering smile. I.Watts. He showed twenty teeth at a grin. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.