In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
tasters
plural of taster
• Satters, Strates, starest, starets, staters
Source: Wiktionary
Tast"er, n.
1. One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food or drink to ascertain its quality. Thy tutor be thy taster, ere thou eat. Dryden.
2. That in which, or by which, anything is tasted, as, a dram cup, a cheese taster, or the like.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of a peculiar kind of zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See Siphonophora.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.