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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..

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

Assay :: Assay (v.) To affect.

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

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

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

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..

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..

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.) The alloy or metal to be assayed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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