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

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

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

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..

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

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

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. i.) To attempt, try, or endeavor..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Assay :: Assay (v.) To affect.

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

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

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..

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