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