assay
[ә'sei]
n. 试验, 验,

vt. 验, , 评价, 尝试

vi. 被验含

[医] 测, 鉴

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1. We will make an assay of the ore that he brought.
   将带矿石做验鉴。
2. After chemical assay, we have known the composition of the ore.
   ，道矿石。
3. We will make an assay of the ore that he brought.
   将带矿石做验鉴。

assay
[ noun ]

1. an appraisal of the state of affairs

<noun.cognition>
they made an assay of the contents
a check on its dependability under stress

2. a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components

<noun.substance>

3. a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance

<noun.communication>

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.

<noun.act>

[ verb ]

1. analyze (chemical substances)

<verb.cognition>

2. make an effort or attempt

<verb.social> attempt essay seek try
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

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 \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 29,166 2/3 grams.


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.