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

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

Assay :: Assay (v.) To affect.

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

Sayman :: Sayman (n.) One who assays.

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

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