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

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

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

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

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; to attempt; to apply.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 (n.) Tested purity or value.

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.) The alloy or metal to be assayed.

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

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

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