the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Assay
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) Trial; attempt; essay.
(2):
(n.) Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.
(3):
(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.
(4):
(n.) Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
(5):
(n.) Tested purity or value.
(6):
(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.
(7):
(n.) The alloy or metal to be assayed.
(8):
(v. i.) To attempt, try, or endeavor.
(9):
(v.) To try; to attempt; to apply.
(10):
(v.) To affect.
(11):
(v.) To try tasting, as food or drink.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Assay'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/assay.html. 1828.