In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SPURLINGLINE
Spur"ling-line`, n. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. spurling the rut of a wheel, a cart rut, AS. spor a track, trace, E. spoor. Scot. spurl to sprawl.] (Naut.)
Definition: The line which forms the communication between the steering wheel and the telltale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEMLOCK
(noun) poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; “Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock”
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