assay

Definitions

• Trial, attempt.
• Examination and determination; test.
• The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
• Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
• Tested purity or value.
• 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.
• The alloy or metal to be assayed.