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assay
  1. Trial, attempt, essay.
  2. Examination and determination; test.
  3. The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
  4. Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
  5. Tested purity or value.
  6. 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.
  7. The alloy or metal to be assayed.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “Basing your answer upon the assay of the metal in question, please state whether or not the metal as received by you was a commercial grade of solder.”
      “The Deer Park was his assay at greatness, and to hear it unfavorably compared to his failed second novel was not pleasant.”
assayer
  1. One who assays, or performs chemical tests on metals.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The only guarantee of the veracity of the assayer's certificate is to take the material to a second assayer.”
      “He was offered a position as an assayer at the new Australian mint.”
      “Jevons broke off his studies of the natural sciences at University College, London, in 1854 to take a post as assayer in Sydney, Australia.”
assaying
  1. A trial by assay.
assayings
  1. plural of assaying
assayers
  1. plural of assayer
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Specimens of the metal were sent to expert assayers for analysis.”
      “For the assaying a capital laboratory of several rooms is provided, where two assayers and two chemists are continually busy.”
      “Twas even reported that they took a sample of the right stuff to the assayers office.”
assays
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