In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
VARVELED
Var"veled, a.
Definition: Having varvels, or rings. [Written also varvelled, and vervelled.]
Note: In heraldry, when the jesses attached to the legs of hawks hang loose, or have pendent ends with rings at the tips, the blazon is a hawk (or a hawk's leg) jessed and varveled.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RESTORATION
(noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; “the restoration looked exactly like the original”
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