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cu·pel
[kyoo-puhl, kyoo-pel] noun, verb, cu·peled, cu·pel·ing or (especially British) cu·pelled, cu·pel·ling. noun
1.
a small, cuplike, porous container, usually made of bone ash, used in assaying, as for separating gold and silver from lead.
2.
a receptacle or furnace bottom in which silver is refined.
verb (used with object)
3.
to heat or refine in a cupel.
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Cupel
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| to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. |
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