In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
RESETTING
RESET
readjust, reset
(verb) adjust again after an initial failure
reset
(verb) set to zero; “reset instruments and dials”
reset
(verb) set anew; “They re-set the date on the clock”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
resetting
present participle of reset
Noun
resetting (plural resettings)
The act by which something is reset.
Anagrams
• Ettingers, retesting, settering, streeting, strengite
Source: Wiktionary
RESET
Re*set" (r-st"), v. t.
Definition: To set again; as, to reset type; to reset copy; to reset a diamond.
Re"set (r"st), n.
1. The act of resetting.
2. (Print.)
Definition: That which is reset; matter set up again.
Re*set" (r-st"), n. Etym: [OF. recete, recepte, a receiving. Cf. Receipt.] (Scots Law)
Definition: The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw. Jamieson.
Re*set", v. t. (Scots Law)
Definition: To harbor or secrete; to hide, as stolen goods or a criminal. We shall see if an English hound is to harbor and reset the Southrons here. Sir. W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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