EPOS
Ep"os, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
Defn: An epic.
EPOTATION Ep`o*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. epotare, epotatum, to drink; e out + potare to drink.]
Defn: A drinking up; a quaffing. [Obs.] Feltham.
EPROUVETTE e`prou`vette", n. Etym: [F.] (Gun.)
Defn: An apparatus for testing or proving the strength of gunpowder.
EPSOMITE
Ep"som*ite, n.
Defn: Native sulphate of magnesia or Epsom salt.
EPSOM SALTS; EPSOM SALT
Ep"som salts` or Ep"som salt`. (Med.)
Defn: Sulphate of magnesia having cathartic qualities; — originally prepared by boiling down the mineral waters at Epsom, England, — whence the name; afterwards prepared from sea water; but now from certain minerals, as from siliceous hydrate of magnesia.