In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
trowed
simple past tense and past participle of trow
• Tedrow, rowted, wedtro
Source: Wiktionary
Trow, n.
Definition: A boat with an open well amidships. It is used in spearing fish. Knight.
Trow, v. i. & t. Etym: [OE. trowen, AS.treówan to trust, believe, fr. treów trust, treówe true, faithful. See True.]
Definition: To believe; to trust; to think or suppose. [Archaic] So that ye trow in Christ, and you baptize. Chaucer. A better priest, I trow, there nowhere none is. Chaucer. It never yet was worn, I trow. Tennyson.
Note: I trow, or trow alone, was formerly sometimes added to questions to express contemptuous or indignant surprise. What tempest, I trow, threw this whale . . . ashore Shak. What is the matter, trow Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 May 2025
(noun) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; “he sent a runner over with the contract”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.