cupel
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French coupelle, from Medieval Latin cūpella, from Latin cūpa (“cask”) + -ella (“-elle: forming feminine diminutives”). Equivalent to cup + -el.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cupel (plural cupels)
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Translations[edit]
a small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead
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Verb[edit]
cupel (third-person singular simple present cupels, present participle cupelling or cupeling, simple past and past participle cupelled or cupeled)
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Translations[edit]
to refine by means of a cupel
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