- cupeller
- noun see cupel II
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
cupeller
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cupeller — See cupel. * * * … Universalium
cupeller — cu·pel·ler … English syllables
cupeller — noun see cupel II … Useful english dictionary
cupel — I. noun Etymology: French coupelle, diminutive of coupe cup, from Late Latin cuppa Date: 1605 a small shallow porous cup especially of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from lead II. transitive verb ( pelled or peled; pelling… … New Collegiate Dictionary
cupeler — See cupeller. * * * … Universalium
cupel — cupeler /kyooh peuh leuhr/, cupeller /kyooh pel euhr/, n. cupellation, n. /kyooh peuhl, kyooh pel /, n., v., cupeled, cupeling or (esp. Brit.) cupelled, cupelling. n. 1. a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in… … Universalium
