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Meaning Of Assay
n.
Trial; attempt; essay.
n.
Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread
or wine.
n.
Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship;
state of being tried.
n.
Tested purity or value.
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.
n.
The alloy or metal to be assayed.
v.
To try; to attempt; to apply.
v.
To affect.
v.
To try tasting, as food or drink.
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.