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cupelling
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... Oxford English Dictionary
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cupellation
cupellation (kjuːpəˈleɪʃən) Also 8 copp-, cupp-. [f. cupel v. + -ation, after F. coupellation.] The process of assaying or refining the precious metals in a cupel; the separation of silver from argentiferous lead, on a large scale, on a cupel.a 1691 [see cupelling b]. 1750 Phil. Trans. XLVI. 586 Tha... Oxford English Dictionary
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accretion that had been generated in the small-scale tests, due to the variation in temperature and bullion composition that occurred throughout the cupelling wikipedia.org
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cappell
▪ I. capel1 Min. (ˈkeɪp(ə)l) Also caple. A composite stone of quartz, schorl, and hornblende, occurring in the walls of tin and copper lodes (Raymond Mining Gloss. 1881).1801 Hitchins in Phil. Trans. XCI. 162 The copper lode is filled with layers of ore and stony matter, the latter of which is here ... Oxford English Dictionary
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brightening
▪ I. brightening, vbl. n. (ˈbraɪt(ə)nɪŋ) [see -ing1.] 1. The action of making or becoming bright; illumination. lit. and fig.1552 Huloet, Bryghtnyng, or brandishynge, vibratio. 1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 51 The brightning of our Island. 1712 Steele Spect. No. 461 ¶4 Bestow upon it a few Brightning... Oxford English Dictionary
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cupel
▪ I. cupel, n. (ˈkjuːpəl) Also 7–8 coppel, cuppel, (7 copel(l, coppell, -ill, -le). [a. F. coupelle (15th c.), med.L. cūpella, dim. of cūpa cask, to which the current form is adjusted.] 1. A small flat circular porous vessel, with a shallow depression in the middle, made of pounded bone-ash pressed ... Oxford English Dictionary
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blick
blick (blɪk) [a. Ger. blick shining, sheen.] ‘The brightening or iridescence appearing on silver or gold at the end of the cupelling or refining process.’ Raymond Mining Gloss. 1881. Oxford English Dictionary
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cornet
▪ I. cornet, n.1 (ˈkɔːnɪt) Forms: 4–9 cornette, 5 cornett, cornete, 8 (cornit), 6– cornet. [a. OF. cornet = Pr. cornet, It. cornetto dim. of Rom. corno, corn, cor:—L. cornū horn.] 1. A wind-instrument: † a. In early times a wind-instrument made of a horn or resembling a horn; a horn (obs.). † b. A r... Oxford English Dictionary
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test
▪ I. test, n.1 (tɛst) Forms: 4–5 pl. testes, -is, 6 teste, taest, 7 tast, teast, 6– test. [a. OF. test masc., a pot (12th c.), mod.F. têt a cupel, etc.:—L. testum, testu neut., collateral form of testa a tile, earthen vessel, pot. In OF. test and teste (L. testa) were sometimes confused, and teste s... Oxford English Dictionary
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