In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SUBSTRUCT
Etymology
Verb
substruct (third-person singular simple present substructs, present participle substructing, simple past and past participle substructed)
To build beneath something; to lay as the foundation.
Source: Wiktionary
Sub*struct", v. t. Etym: [See Substruction.]
Definition: To build beneath something; to lay as the foundation. [R.] He substructs the religion of Asia as the base. Emerson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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