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

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

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

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..

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

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

Assay :: Assay (v.) To affect.

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

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

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

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

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.

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 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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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