In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SPAWL
spall, spawl
(noun) a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge; “a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
spawl (uncountable)
Scattered or ejected spittle.
Verb
spawl (third-person singular simple present spawls, present participle spawling, simple past and past participle spawled)
(obsolete, ambitransitive) To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit.
(obsolete, transitive) To say in a rough manner.
Etymology 2
Noun
spawl (plural spawls)
Alternative form of spall
Anagrams
• Walps, pawls, plaws
Source: Wiktionary
Spawl, n.
Definition: A splinter or fragment, as of wood or stone. See Spall.
Spawl, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. spatl, fr. spætan to spit; probably akin to spiwan, E. spew. Cf. Spew.]
Definition: Scattered or ejected spittle.
Spawl, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Spawled; p. pr. & vb. n. Spawling.] Etym: [Cf. AS. spatlian.]
Definition: To scatter spittle from the mouth; to spit, as saliva. Why must he sputter, spawl, and slaver it In vain, against the people's favorite. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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