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seˈbilla Obs. rare—1.
[Altered (? quasi-Sp.) form of F. sébile († sébille, Cotgr.), wooden bowl.]
a. A wooden bowl used in the mechanical assay of ores.
b. (See quot. 1875.)
1839Ure Dict. Arts 826 These kinds of assays [sc. mechanical]..are performed by a hand-washing, in a small trough of an oblong shape, called a sebilla. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Sebilla, a wooden bowl, to hold the sand and water used in sawing or grinding marble [etc.]. |