Definition of assay

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Assay (n.) Trial; attempt; essay.

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Assay :: Assay (n.) Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
Assayable :: Assayable (a.) That may be assayed.
Essay :: Essay (n.) To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.
Assaying :: Assaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assa.
Assay :: Assay (v.) To try; to attempt; to apply.
Assay :: Assay (n.) Tested purity or value.
Assay :: Assay (v. i.) To attempt, try, or endeavor..
Say :: Say (n.) Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack.
Prill :: Prill (n.) The button of metal from an assay.
Essay :: Essay (n.) An assay. See Assay, n..
Assaying :: Assaying (n.) The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal..
Assay :: Assay (n.) The alloy or metal to be assayed.
Say :: Say (v. t.) To try; to assay.
Saymaster :: Saymaster (n.) A master of assay; one who tries or proves.
Assay :: Assay (v.) To affect.
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..
Button :: Button (n.) A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion..
Misassay :: Misassay (v. t.) To assay, or attempt, improperly or unsuccessfully..
Sayman :: Sayman (n.) One who assays.
Assay :: Assay (n.) Trial; attempt; essay.
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