In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
MINORAT
Mi`no*rat", n. [G. Cf. Minor, a.] (Law)
Definition: A custom or right, analogous to borough-English in England, formerly existing in various parts of Europe, and surviving in parts of Germany and Austria, by which certain entailed estates, as a homestead and adjacent land, descend to the youngest male heir.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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