cupel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cupel	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for cupel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cupel n a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead Synonym(s): bone-ash cup, cupel, refractory pot
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cupel \Cupel"\ (k[usl]p[ecr]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cupelled} (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cupelling}.] To refine by means of a cupel.