assay
noun
[ əˈseɪ ]
• the testing of a metal or ore to determine its ingredients and quality.
• "submission of plate for assay"
Similar:
evaluation,
assessment,
analysis,
examination,
test,
trial,
check,
inspection,
appraisal,
investigation,
scrutiny,
probe,
assay
verb
• determine the content or quality of (a metal or ore).
• "the man who assayed gold was more than a technician"
• attempt.
• "I assayed a little joke of mine on him"
Origin:
Middle English (in the general sense ‘testing, or a test of, the merit of someone or something’): from Old French assai (noun), assaier (verb), variant of essai ‘trial’, essayer ‘to try’ (see essay).
