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noun. Qualitative or quantitative analysis of a metal or ore to determine its components.

noun. A substance to be so analyzed.

noun. The result of such an analysis.

noun. A bioassay.

noun. An analysis or examination.

noun. An attempt; an essay.

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intransitive verb. To subject (a metal, for example) to chemical analysis so as to determine the strength or quality of its components.

intransitive verb. To bioassay.

intransitive verb. To examine by trial or experiment; put to a test.

intransitive verb. To evaluate; assess.

intransitive verb. To attempt; try.

intransitive verb. To be shown by analysis to contain a certain proportion of usually precious metal.

To examine by trial; put to test or trial; try the effect or merit of: as, to assay armor.

Specifically To make trial of or analyze, as an ore or metallic compound, with the view of determining the proportion of a particular metal present in it.

To attempt; endeavor; essay: often with an infinitive as object.

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To endeavor to influence.

To affect; move.

To make an attempt or endeavor; try.

noun. Examination; trial; attempt; essay.

noun. Hence Trial by danger; risk; adventure.

noun. Trial; tribulation; affiiction.

noun. The trial of the purity, weight, etc., of metals or metallic substances, as ores and alloys; any operation or experiment for ascertaining the quantity of a precious metal in an ore or a mineral, or in coin or bullion. See assaying.

noun. The substance to be assayed. Ure.

noun. In law, an examination of weights and measures by the standard. Cowell.

noun. Formerly, the act or custom of tasting the food or drink intended for another, as a king, before presenting it.

noun. Value; ascertained purity: as, “stones of rich assay,”

intransitive verb. To attempt, try, or endeavor.

noun. Trial; attempt; essay.

noun. Examination and determination; test.

noun. Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.

noun. Tested purity or value.

noun. 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.

noun. The alloy or metal to be assayed.

noun. an officer who assays or tests gold or silver coin or bullion.

noun. a weight of 29,1662/3 grams.

transitive verb. To try; to attempt; to apply.

transitive verb. To affect.

transitive verb. To try tasting, as food or drink.

transitive verb. 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.

noun. trial, attempt, essay.

noun. the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something

noun. a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components

verb. make an effort or attempt

noun. a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance

verb. analyze (chemical substances)

noun. a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.

noun. an appraisal of the state of affairs

"I. ii.18 (375,1) By no assay of reason] Bring it to the _test_, examine it by reason as we examine metals by the _assay_, it will be found counterfeit by all trials."