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Definition of Assay
As`say´ | n. | 1. | Trial; attempt; essay. | | 2. | Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine. | | 3. | Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried. | | 4. | Tested purity or value. | | 5. | (Metallurgy) 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. | | 6. | The alloy or metal to be assayed. | | v. t. | 1. | To try; to attempt; to apply. | | 2. | To affect. | | 3. | To try tasting, as food or drink. | | 4. | 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. | | v. i. | 1. | To attempt, try, or endeavor. |
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