Definition of assay

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

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Assayable :: Assayable (a.) That may be assayed.
Assay :: Assay (n.) Trial; attempt; essay.
Condition :: Condition (n.) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains)..
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 (v.) To affect.
Docimology :: Docimology (n.) A treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc..
Parting :: Parting (n.) The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button..
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..
Sayman :: Sayman (n.) One who assays.
Assay :: Assay (n.) Tested purity or value.
Assay :: Assay (n.) Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine..
Assay :: Assay (n.) The alloy or metal to be assayed.
Hydrometallurgy :: Hydrometallurgy (n.) The art or process of assaying or reducing ores by means of liquid reagents.
Assay :: Assay (v. i.) To attempt, try, or endeavor..
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..
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..
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.
Essay :: Essay (n.) To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.
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