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

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 affect.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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