In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
trowing
present participle of trow
• Worting, Wotring, rowting, tow ring
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
9 March 2025
(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; “Fear clogged her mind”; “The story was clogged with too many details”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.