In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SPUMES
Noun
spumes
plural of spume
Verb
spumes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spume
Anagrams
• mess up, mess-up
Source: Wiktionary
SPUME
Spume, n. Etym: [L. spuma. Cf. Pumice, Spoom.]
Definition: Frothy matter raised on liquids by boiling, effervescence, or agitation; froth; foam; scum. Materials dark and crude, Of spiritous and fiery spume. Milton.
Spume, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Spumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Spuming.] Etym: [L. spumare.]
Definition: To froth; to foam.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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