In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
UPTAKES
Noun
uptakes
plural of uptake
Anagrams
• take-ups, takes up, takeups
Source: Wiktionary
UPTAKE
Up*take", v. t.
Definition: To take into the hand; to take up; to help. [Obs.] Wyclif. Spenser.
Up"take`, n. (Steam Boilers)
1. The pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward.
2. Understanding; apprehension. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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