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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..

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..

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

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

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

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

Assay :: Assay (v.) To affect.

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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