In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
VESICATE
blister, vesicate
(verb) get blistered; “Her feet blistered during the long hike”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
vesicate (third-person singular simple present vesicates, present participle vesicating, simple past and past participle vesicated)
To blister; to raise blisters on.
Source: Wiktionary
Ves"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vesicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vesicating.] Etym: [See Vesicant.] (Med.)
Definition: To raise little bladders or blisters upon; to inflame and separate the cuticle of; to blister. Wiseman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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