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The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a cupel. Note: The process consist in exposing the cupel containing the metal to be assayed or refined to a hot blast, by which the lead, copper, tin, etc., are oxidized, dissolved, and carried

Additional info about word: CUPELLATION

The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a cupel. Note: The process consist in exposing the cupel containing the metal to be assayed or refined to a hot blast, by which the lead, copper, tin, etc., are oxidized, dissolved, and carried down into the porous cupel, leaving the unoxidizable precious metal. If lead is not already present in the alloy it must be added before cupellation.

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• METALOGICAL
  Beyond the scope or province of logic.
• CARRIBOO
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• CARRIABLE
  Capable of being carried.
• SILVERFIN
  A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Notropis Whipplei).
• ASSAY POUND
  A small standard weight used in assaying bullion, etc., sometimes equaling 0.5 gram, but varying with the assayer.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• METALLIC
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  To cover with silver.
• CUPELLATION
  The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a cupel. Note: The process consist in exposing the cupel containing the metal to be assayed or refined to a hot blast, by which the lead, copper, tin, etc., are oxidized, dissolved, and carried
• CONSISTENTLY
  In a consistent manner.
• BLASTMENT
  A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause. Shak.
• PROCESSIVE
  Proceeding; advancing. Because it is language, -- ergo, processive. Coleridge.
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• PROCESSIONALIST
  One who goes or marches in a procession.
• CONTAINMENT
  That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
• EXPOSTULATOR
  One who expostulates. Lamb.
• CONSIST
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• DISSOLVATIVE
  Having the power to dissolve anything; solvent. Frampton.
• EXPOSITION
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• INOXIDIZE
  To prevent or hinder oxidation, rust, or decay; as, inoxidizing oils or varnishes.
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  To limit beforehand. Knolles.
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  A spermatocyte or spermoblast.
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  An advocate of bimetallism.
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  Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals.
• ABLASTEMIC
  Non-germinal.