Associations to the word «Cupelling»
Noun
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Wiktionary
CUPEL, noun. A small circular receptacle used in assaying gold or silver with lead.
CUPEL, verb. To refine by means of a cupel.
Dictionary definition
CUPEL, noun. A small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead.
Wise words
All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast
of the mind.