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Definition of assay

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

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..

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 (v.) To affect.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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