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

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

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

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..

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

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.) Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine..

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

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..

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 (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 try; to attempt; to apply.

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

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

Parting :: Parting (n.) The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button..

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..

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

Assay :: Assay (v.) To affect.

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

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