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noun

a small, shallow, porous cup used in assaying gold, silver, etc.
a hearth for refining metals

transitive verb cupeled or cupelled, cupeling

to assay or refine in a cupel

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cupellation noun

See cupel in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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