In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
swarve (third-person singular simple present swarves, present participle swarving, simple past and past participle swarved)
(UK, Scotland, dialect, obsolete) To swerve.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) To climb.
• swaver, wavers
Source: Wiktionary
Swarve, v. i. Etym: [See Swerve.]
1. To swerve. [Obs. or Scot.] Spenser. Jamieson.
2. To climb. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.