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test.

test, a cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement

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Meaning & usage

noun/tɛst/
  1. test, a cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement

    masculine
  2. test, the external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old French test, from Latin testum. The orthography of this form reflects semi-learned influence; compare the doublet têt.

noun/tɛst/
  1. a test, a tryout, a review

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English test, itself from the same Old French test as above.

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