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Webster 1913 Edition
Cupel
Cu′pel
(kū′pĕl)
, Noun.
[LL.
cupella
cup (cf. L. cupella
, small cask, dim. of cupa
) : cf. F. coupelle
. See Cup
, and cf. Coblet
.] A shallow porous 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′
(kū̍-pĕl′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Cupelled
(-p?ld′)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cupelling
.] To refine by means of a cupel.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cupel
CUPEL
,Noun.
Definition 2024
cupel
cupel
English
Alternative forms
Noun
cupel (plural cupels)
- A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead.
Derived terms
Terms derived from cupel
Translations
a small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead
Verb
cupel (third-person singular simple present cupels, present participle cupelling or cupeling, simple past and past participle cupelled or cupeled)
- To refine by means of a cupel.
Translations
to refine by means of a cupel
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