Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coppel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coppel \Cop"pel\, n. & v.
See {Cupel}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cupel \Cu"pel\ (k[=u]"p[e^]l), n. [LL. cupella cup (cf. L.
cupella, small cask, dim. of cupa) : cf. F. coupelle. See
{Cup}, and cf. {Coblet}.]
A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals,
commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime). [Written
also {coppel}.]
{Cupel dust}, powder used in purifying metals.
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