Meaning of Assay | Babel Free
ˈæseɪDefinitions
- 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.
Equivalents
Examples
“I am withal persuaded that it may prove much more easy in the assay than it now seems at distance.”
“This cannot be, by no assay of reason.”
“Through many hard assayes which did betide.”
“Purfled with gold and pearl of rich assay.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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