CUPEL
Etymology
Noun
cupel (plural cupels)
A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead.
Verb
cupel (third-person singular simple present cupels, present participle cupeling or cupelling, simple past and past participle cupeled or cupelled)
To refine by means of a cupel.
Anagrams
• culpe, pecul, pucel
Source: Wiktionary
Cu"pel (k"pl), n. Etym: [LL. cupella cup (cf. L. cupella, small cask, dim. of cupa) : cf. F. coupelle. See Cup, and cf. Coblet.]
Definition: A shallow porus cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime). [Written also coppel.] Cupel dust, powder used in purifying metals.
Cu*pel" (k-pl"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cupelled (-pld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Cupelling.]
Definition: To refine by means of a cupel.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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