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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Assaying :: Assaying (n.) The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal..

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..

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)..

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

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..

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

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

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