Cupel (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
  2. a receptacle or furnace bottom in which silver is refined.
verb (used with object), cu·peled, cu·pel·ing or (especially British) cu·pelled, cu·pel·ling.
  1. to heat or refine in a cupel.
noun
  1. a refractory pot in which gold or silver is refined
  2. a small porous bowl made of bone ash in which gold and silver are recovered from a lead button during assaying
verb -pels, -pelling or -pelled or US -pels, -peling or -peled
  1. to refine (gold or silver) by means of cupellation
Cupel (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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