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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