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What (who) is cupel - definition
cupel
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Cupel (disambiguation)
['kju:p(?)l]
¦ noun a shallow, porous container in which gold or silver can be refined or assayed by melting with a blast of hot air which oxidizes lead or other base metals.
¦ verb (cupels, cupelling, cupelled; US cupels, cupeling, cupeled) assay or refine (a metal) in a cupel.
Derivatives
cupellation noun
Origin
C17: from Fr. coupelle, dimin. of coupe 'goblet'.
Cupel
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Cupel (disambiguation)
·vt To refine by means of a cupel.
II. Cupel ·noun A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime).
