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

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

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..

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

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..

Assay :: Assay (v. i.) To attempt, try, or endeavor..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

Hydrometallurgy :: Hydrometallurgy (n.) The art or process of assaying or reducing ores by means of liquid reagents.

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

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

Docimology :: Docimology (n.) A treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc..

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