assay

assay has 17 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. Trial; attempt; essay.
• n.. Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.
• n.. Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
• n.. Tested purity or value.
• n.. 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.
• n.. The alloy or metal to be assayed.
• v.. To try; to attempt; to apply.
• v.. To affect.
• v.. To try tasting, as food or drink.
• v.. 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.
• v. i.. To attempt, try, or endeavor.
• n.. 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.