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- Cupel - n. - A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime).
- Cupel - v. t. - To refine by means of a cupel.
- Cupellation - n. - The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a cupel.
- Cupelled - imp. & p. p. - of Cupel
- Cupelling - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Cupel
- Test - n. - A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
- Button - n. - A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.