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Saymaster :: Saymaster (n.) A master of assay; one who tries or proves.

Assayable :: Assayable (a.) That may be assayed.

Essay :: Essay (n.) To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.

Assay :: Assay (v.) To try; to attempt; to apply.

Assay :: Assay (n.) The alloy or metal to be assayed.

Assaying :: Assaying (n.) The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal..

Attempt :: Attempt (v. t.) To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight..

Hall-mark :: Hall-mark (n.) The official stamp of the Goldsmiths' Company and other assay offices, in the United Kingdom, on gold and silver articles, attesting their purity. Also used figuratively; -- as, a word or phrase lacks the hall-mark of the best writers..

Assayer :: Assayer (n.) One who assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver..

Assay :: Assay (n.) Trial; attempt; essay.

Assaying :: Assaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assa.

Condition :: Condition (n.) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains)..

Say :: Say (v. t.) To try; to assay.

Prill :: Prill (n.) The button of metal from an assay.

Sayman :: Sayman (n.) One who assays.

Scorify :: Scorify (v. t.) To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag..

Say :: Say (n.) Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack.

Assay :: Assay (n.) Tested purity or value.

Assay :: Assay (v.) To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition..

Assayed :: Assayed (imp. & p. p.) of Assa.

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