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Assay :: Assay (n.) The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin..

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

Assay :: Assay (n.) Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.

Button :: Button (n.) A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion..

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

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

Assay :: Assay (v.) To affect.

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

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

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

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..

Assay :: Assay (v.) To try tasting, as food or drink..

Assay :: Assay (n.) Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine..

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

Essay :: Essay (n.) An assay. See Assay, n..

Misassay :: Misassay (v. t.) To assay, or attempt, improperly or unsuccessfully..

Scorifier :: Scorifier (n.) One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button..

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..

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

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