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| assay | |
| 1. n. Trial, attempt. |  |
| 2. n. Examination and determination; test. | |
| 3. n. The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something. | |
| 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. To attempt (something). | |
| 9. v. (archaic, intransitive) To try, attempt (to do something). | |
| 10. v. To analyze or estimate the composition or value of (a metal, ore etc.). | |
| 11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To test the abilities of (someone) in combat; to fight. | |
| 12. v. To affect. | |
| 13. v. To try tasting, as food or drink. | |
