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

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..

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

Say :: Say (n.) Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack.

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..

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

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

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

Essay :: Essay (n.) To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Assay :: Assay (v.) To affect.

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