eprouvette (plural eprouvettes)
A one-piece, fixed-elevation mortar formerly used to test the strength of gunpowder.
Source: Wiktionary
e`prou`vette", n. Etym: [F.] (Gun.)
Definition: An apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
