Definition of assay

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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..

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Assayable :: Assayable (a.) That may be assayed.
Say :: Say (v. t.) To try; to assay.
Assay :: Assay (n.) Trial; attempt; essay.
Saymaster :: Saymaster (n.) A master of assay; one who tries or proves.
Essay :: Essay (n.) An assay. See Assay, n..
Assay :: Assay (n.) Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
Assay :: Assay (v.) To affect.
Assay :: Assay (v. i.) To attempt, try, or endeavor..
Button :: Button (n.) A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion..
Docimology :: Docimology (n.) A treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc..
Prill :: Prill (n.) The button of metal from an assay.
Assay :: Assay (n.) Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine..
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; to attempt; to apply.
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..
Condition :: Condition (n.) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains)..
Assayed :: Assayed (imp. & p. p.) of Assa.
Misassay :: Misassay (v. t.) To assay, or attempt, improperly or unsuccessfully..
Assaying :: Assaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assa.
Parting :: Parting (n.) The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button..
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