In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
OBIING
OBI
O"bi, n. Etym: [Prob. of African origin.]
1. A species of sorcery, probably of African origin, practiced among the negroes of the West Indies. [Written also obe and obeah.] De Quincey. B. Edwards.
2. A charm or fetich. [West Indies] B. Edwards.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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24 December 2024
INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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