English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Result for Assay
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.