In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
VITRIFIES
Verb
vitrifies
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of vitrify
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VITRIFY
Vit"ri*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitrified; p. pr. & vb. n. Vitrifying.] Etym: [F. vitrifier; L. vitrum glass + -ficare to make. See Vitreous, -fy.]
Definition: To convert into, or cause to resemble, glass or a glassy substance, by heat and fusion.
Vit"ri*fy, v. t.
Definition: To become glass; to be converted into glass. Chymists make vessels of animal substances, calcined, which will not vitrify in the fire. Arbuthnot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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