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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

Assay :: Assay (n.) The alloy or metal to be assayed.

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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