In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
pawed
simple past tense and past participle of paw
pawed (not comparable)
Having (a specified kind or number of) paws.
• waped
Source: Wiktionary
Paw, n. Etym: [OE. pawe, poue, OF. poe: cf. patte, LG. pote, D. poot, G. pfote.]
1. The foot of a quadruped having claws, as the lion, dog, cat, etc.
2. The hand. [Jocose] Dryden. Paw clam (Zoöl.), the tridacna; -- so called because shaped like an animal's paw.
Paw, v. i.
Definition: To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot. Job xxxix. 21.
Paw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pawing.]
1. To pass the paw over; to stroke or handle with the paws; hence, to handle fondly or rudely.
2. To scrape or beat with the forefoot. His hot courser pawed the Hungarian plane. Tickell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.