Definition of assay

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Assay (v.) To try; to attempt; to apply.

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Parting :: Parting (n.) The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button..
Assay :: Assay (n.) Tested purity or value.
Saymaster :: Saymaster (n.) A master of assay; one who tries or proves.
Say :: Say (n.) Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack.
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..
Say :: Say (v. t.) To try; to assay.
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..
Hydrometallurgy :: Hydrometallurgy (n.) The art or process of assaying or reducing ores by means of liquid reagents.
Essay :: Essay (n.) An assay. See Assay, n..
Assaying :: Assaying (n.) The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal..
Prill :: Prill (n.) The button of metal from an assay.
Assay :: Assay (n.) Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
Essay :: Essay (n.) To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.
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..
Misassay :: Misassay (v. t.) To assay, or attempt, improperly or unsuccessfully..
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 (n.) The alloy or metal to be assayed.
Assay :: Assay (v.) To try tasting, as food or drink..
Button :: Button (n.) A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion..
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..
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