cupelling, vbl. n.
(ˈkjuːpəlɪŋ)
[f. cupel v. + -ing1.]
= cupellation.
| 1644 Digby Nat. Bodies x. (1657) 102 In the coppelling of a fixed metal. a 1691 Boyle Wks. III. 453 (R.) The quick melting down of ores, and cupelling of them. |
b. attrib. and Comb., as cupelling-fire, cupelling-furnace.
| a 1691 Boyle Wks. III. 713 (R.) We kept it there in a cupelling-fire about three hours (having occasion to continue the cupellation so long for other trials). 1822 J. Imison Sc. & Art II. 113 The mixed metal is put into a dish called a cupel..and placed in a cupelling furnace. |