Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In ceramics, a piece used as a test of all the contents of a kiln, by means of which the degree of baking of the other pieces in the kiln can be judged. The essayette is put where it can easily be seen by a person looking through the montre.
Examples
“An excellent essayette, although I’m not sure what the true audience has ever been for the essay and to which social and intellectual groups it applied.”
“I’m no biologist, nor even a physician, but the flaws in Egnor’s essayette were so mind numbingly obvious that I wonder about his qualifications to teach anyone anything in a field remotely related to biology—or any field of the sciences for that matter.”
I don't even know where to start with this one . . . - The Panda's Thumb
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Brochettes of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for words or phrases that haven't yet found a place in one or more of my other lists.
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