cupel
verbEtymology Borrowed from French coupelle, from Medieval Latin cūpella, from Latin cūpa (“cask”) + -ella (“-elle: forming feminine diminutives”). Equivalent to cup + -el.
1
To refine or assay using a cupel.
cupel
noun/ˈkjuːpəl/
Etymology Borrowed from French coupelle, from Medieval Latin cūpella, from Latin cūpa (“cask”) + -ella (“-elle: forming feminine diminutives”). Equivalent to cup + -el.
1
A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead.
- Derived terms
- cupelation, cupellation, cupel-dust, cupellate