In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
KILNING
Verb
kilning
present participle of kiln
Anagrams
• inkling, klining, linking
Source: Wiktionary
KILN
Kiln, n. Etym: [OE.kilne, kulne, AS. cyln, cylen; akin to Icel. kylna; prob. from the same source as coal. See Coal.]
1. A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as, a kiln for baking or hardening earthen vessels; a kiln for drying grain, meal, lumber, etc.; a kiln for calcining limestone.
2. A furnace for burning bricks; a brickkiln.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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