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

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

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..

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

Assay :: Assay (v.) To affect.

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Assay :: Assay (n.) Trial; attempt; essay.

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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