In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
TOURNEYED
Verb
tourneyed
simple past tense and past participle of tourney
Source: Wiktionary
TOURNEY
Tour"ney, n. Etym: [OF. tornei, tornoi, F. tournoi, fr. OF. torneier, tornoier, tournoier, to tit, to tourney, F. tournoyer to turn round and round. See Turn, v. t.]
Definition: A tournament. Bacon. At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. Spenser. We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for half the work. Tennyson.
Tour"ney, v. i. Etym: [Cf.OF. torneier. See Tourney, n. ]
Definition: To perform in tournaments; to tilt. Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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