Assay(n.) Trial; attempt; essay.
Assay(n.) Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.
Assay(n.) Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
Assay(n.) Tested purity or value.
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.
Assay(n.) The alloy or metal to be assayed.
Assay(v.) To try; to attempt; to apply.
Assay(v.) To affect.
Assay(v.) To try tasting, as food or drink.
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(v. i.) To attempt, try, or endeavor.
Assayable(a.) That may be assayed.
Assayed(imp. & p. p.) of Assay
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.
Assaying(n.) The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal.
Assaying(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assay
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