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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Coppel \Cop"pel\, n. & v. See {Cupel}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Cupel \Cu"pel\ (k[umac]"p[ecr]l), n. [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. | |
