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  Assay \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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  Assay \As*say"\, 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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     Usage: 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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     Note: 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 29,166 2/3 grams.
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  Assay \As*say"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assayed; 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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  Assay \As*say"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assayed; 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]
  
              To-night let us assay our plot.       --Shak.
  
              Soft words to his fierce passion she assayed.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     2. To affect. [Obs.]
  
              When the heart is ill assayed.        --Spenser.
  
     3. To try tasting, as food or drink. [Obs.]
  
     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.

  Assay \As*say"\, n. [OF. asai, essai, trial, F. essa. See
     Essay, n.]
     1. Trial; attempt; essay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
              I am withal persuaded that it may prove much more
              easy in the assay than it now seems at distance.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     2. Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread
        or wine. [Obs.]
  
              This can not be, by no assay of reason. --Shak.
  
     3. Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk;
        hardship; state of being tried. [Obs.]
  
              Through many hard assays which did betide.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
     4. Tested purity or value. [Obs.]
  
              With gold and pearl of rich assay.    --Spenser.
  
     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.
  
     6. The alloy or metal to be assayed. --Ure.
  
     Usage: 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.
  
     Note: Assay is used adjectively or as the first part of a
           compound; as, assay balance, assay furnace.
  
     Assay master, an officer who assays or tests gold or silver
        coin or bullion.
  
     Assay ton, a weight of 29,1662/3 grams.

  Assay \As*say"\, v. i.
     To attempt, try, or endeavor. [Archaic. In this sense essay
     is now commonly used.]
  
           She thrice assayed to speak.             --Dryden.

  assay
       n 1: an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of
            the contents"; "a check on its dependability under
            stress" [syn: check]
       2: a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components
       3: a written report of the results of an analysis of the
          composition of some substance
       4: a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance
          (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components;
          frequently used to test for the presence or concentration
          of infectious agents or antibodies etc.
       v 1: analyze (chemical substances)
       2: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his
          fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The
          police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve
          himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn:
           try, seek, attempt, essay]

  assay
     n.
     1 trial, attempt.
     2 Examination and determination; test.
     3 The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
     4 Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state
  of being tried.
     5 Tested purity or value.
     6 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. Category:en:Gold
     7 The alloy or metal to be assayed.<ref>(R:Ure
  DAMM),</ref>
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To attempt (something). (from 14th c.)

  Assay
     German n.
     m (lb de biochemistry) assay (gloss: the qualitative or quantitative
  chemical analysis of something)

  assay
     n.
     1 trial, attempt.
     2 Examination and determination; test.
     3 The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
     4 Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state
  of being tried.
     5 Tested purity or value.
     6 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. Category:en:Gold
     7 The alloy or metal to be assayed.<ref>(R:Ure
  DAMM),</ref>
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To attempt (something). (from 14th c.)

  assay
     n.
     1 trial, attempt.
     2 Examination and determination; test.
     3 The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
     4 Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state
  of being tried.
     5 Tested purity or value.
     6 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. Category:en:Gold
     7 The alloy or metal to be assayed.<ref>(R:Ure
  DAMM),</ref>
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To attempt (something). (from 14th c.)

  Assay
     German n.
     m (lb de biochemistry) assay (gloss: the qualitative or quantitative
  chemical analysis of something)

  assay
     n.
     1 trial, attempt.
     2 Examination and determination; test.
     3 The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
     4 Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state
  of being tried.
     5 Tested purity or value.
     6 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. Category:en:Gold
     7 The alloy or metal to be assayed.<ref>(R:Ure
  DAMM),</ref>
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To attempt (something). (from 14th c.)

  Assay
     German n.
     m (lb de biochemistry) assay (gloss: the qualitative or quantitative
  chemical analysis of something)

  assay
     Englanti n.
     koe
     Englanti vb.
     tutkia

  Assay /ɐsˈeɪ/
  الفحص

  assay //əˈseɪ// //ˈæseɪ// 
  1. анализ
  the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something
  2. опит, проба
  trial, attempt, essay

  assay //əˈseɪ// //ˈæseɪ// 
  изпитвам, правя анализ
  to analyze (a metal, compound)

  assay /ɐsˈeɪ/ 
  zkouška

  assay /ɐsˈeɪ/ 
  ověření

  assay /ɐsˈeɪ/
  entnommene Probe , entnommene Probemenge , Kontrollprobe  [chem.]  [techn.]
        "assay of buddled ore"  - Waschprobe
   see: assy of the touch needle
  
           Note: substance analysed

  assay /ɐsˈeɪ/
  standardisiertes Reaktionsverfahren , standardisiertes Analyseverfahren , standaridiserter Labortest  [biol.]  [chem.]  [med.]  [pharm.]  [techn.]
           Note: zum Nachweis eines Analyten oder einer Wirkung
     Synonyms: standardized reaction procedure, standardized laboratory test
  
           Note: for the detection of an analyte or an activity

  assay /ɐsˈeɪ/ 
  prüfen, analysieren, untersuchen 
   see: assaying, assayed
  

  assay /ɐsˈeɪ/
  
  δοκιμάζω

  assay //əˈseɪ// //ˈæseɪ// 
  1. analyysi
  the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something
  2. yritys
  trial, attempt, essay

  assay //əˈseɪ// //ˈæseɪ// 
  analysoida
  to analyze (a metal, compound)

  assay /ɐsˈeɪ/ 
  1. परख{धातुओं~की
        "The blacksmith made an assay of iron ore."

  assay /ɐsˈeɪ/ 
  1. परख~करना{धातुओं~की
        "The blacksmith assayed the iron ore."
        "The police assayed the case without much success."

  assay /ɐsˈeɪ/
  analiza, analizirati, esej, ispitivanje, ispitivati, ogled, uzorak

  assay /ɐsˈeɪ/
  1. vizsgálás
  2. vizsgálat
  3. elemzés
  4. elemzési minta
  5. meghatározás
  6. próba

  assay /ɐsˈeɪ/
  1. tahlil
  2. tecrübe, deneme
  3. tartma, ayarlama
  4. ayar için alınan madde.

  assay /ɐsˈeɪ/
  1. denemek, tecrübe etmek, yoklamak
  2. tahlil etmek, ayar etmek
  3. değer biçmek, kıymet takdir etmek.

  assay /ˈɑsaːj/ 
  esai
  1. toetsing

  assay /ˈɑsaːj/ 
  obrussa
  1. toetsing

  assay /ˈɑsaːj/ 
  esė
  1. toetsing

  assay /ˈɑsaːj/ 
  ensaio
  1. toetsing

  assay /ˈɑsaːj/ 
  ensayo
  1. toetsing

  
/ˈæsi/

  ASSAY. A chemical examination of metals, by which the quantity of valuable
  or precious metal contained in any mineral or metallic mixture is
  ascertained. 2. By the acts of Congress of March 3, 1823, 3 Story's L. U. S.
  1924; of June 25, 1834, 4 Shars. cont. Story's L. U. S. 2373; and of June
  28, 1834, Id. 2377, it is made the duty of the secretary of the treasury to
  cause assays to be made at the mint of the United States, of certain coins
  made current by the said acts, and to make report of the result thereof to
  congress.
  
  

  144 Moby Thesaurus words for "assay":
     acid test, analysis, analyzation, analyze, anatomize, anatomizing,
     anatomy, appraise, appreciate, approach, assaying, assess, attempt,
     bid, blank determination, break down, break up, breakdown,
     breaking down, breaking up, breakup, bring to test, brouillon,
     calculate, calibrate, caliper, chance, check a parameter, compute,
     confirm, crack, criterion, crucial test, crucible, cut and try,
     determination, dial, dissect, dissection, divide, division,
     docimasy, effort, endeavor, engage, essay, estimate, evaluate,
     experiment, fathom, feeling out, first draft, fling, gambit, gauge,
     give a try, give a tryout, go, graduate, gravimetric analysis,
     have a go, kiteflying, lick, lift a finger, make an attempt,
     make an effort, measure, mensurate, mete, meter, move, offer,
     ordeal, pace, play around with, plumb, practice upon, prize,
     probation, probe, proof, prove, proximate analysis, put to trial,
     quantify, quantitative analysis, quantize, rate, reduce,
     reduce to elements, reduction to elements, research, resolution,
     resolve, road-test, rough draft, rough sketch, run a sample,
     sample, segment, segmentation, semimicroanalysis, separate,
     separation, shake down, shot, size, size up, sound, sounding out,
     span, stab, standard, step, stroke, strong bid, subdivide,
     subdivision, substantiate, survey, take a reading, taste,
     tentative, test, test case, touchstone, trial, trial and error,
     triangulate, try, try it on, try out, undertake, undertaking,
     validate, valuate, value, venture, venture on, venture upon,
     verification, verify, weigh, whack
  
  

  n. 化验,分析;
  v. 化验,分析;

     n. 化验,分析
     vt. 化验,分析,尝试
     vi. 被验明成分