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

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

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.

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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.

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

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

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 (v.) To affect.

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