bone-ash cup

Definitions of bone-ash cup
  1. noun
    a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead
    synonyms: cupel, refractory pot
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    type of:
    vessel
    an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
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