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cinerata

cinerata [cf. OF cendree] , cupel or ‘test’ for assaying. c1280 fieri consuevit assaium ‥ ex dim. uncia ‥, que in ~atis ad hoc dispositis in igne ponitur et cum sufficienti plumbo ab omni alio tenemento cupri ‥ purgatur (Tract. Novae Monetae) RBExch 993.

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