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As*say" (&unr_;), n. [OF. asai, essai, trial, F. essa. See Essay, n.] 1. Trial; attempt; essay. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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I am withal persuaded that it may prove much more easy in the assay than it now seems at distance. Milton.
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2. Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine. [Obs.]
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This can not be, by no assay of reason. Shak.
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3. Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried. [Obs.]
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Through many hard assays which did betide. Spenser.
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4. Tested purity or value. [Obs.]
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With gold and pearl of rich assay. Spenser.
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5. (Metallurgy) 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.
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6. The alloy or metal to be assayed. Ure.
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Assay and essay are radically the same word; but modern usage has appropriated assay chiefly to experiments in metallurgy, and essay to intellectual and bodily efforts. See Essay.
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&hand_; Assay is used adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, assay balance, assay furnace.
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Assay master, an officer who assays or tests gold or silver coin or bullion. -- Assay ton, a weight of 29,1662/3 grams.
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As*say", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assayed (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Assaying.] [OF. asaier, essaier, F. essayer, fr. essai. See Assay, n., Essay, v.] 1. To try; to attempt; to apply. [Obs. or Archaic]
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To-night let us assay our plot. Shak.
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Soft words to his fierce passion she assayed. Milton.
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2. To affect. [Obs.]
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When the heart is ill assayed. Spenser.
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3. To try tasting, as food or drink. [Obs.]
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4. 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.
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As*say", v. i. To attempt, try, or endeavor. [Archaic. In this sense essay is now commonly used.]
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She thrice assayed to speak. Dryden.
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