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assaying en · NOUN
Meanings
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A trial by assay.
To these [compounds] belong native gold, alloys of gold and silver, and the argentiferous gold, or auriferous silver, obtained from the assayings of auriferous minerals and ores.
1854, Carl Friedrich Plattner, Sheridan Muspratt, The Use of the Blowpipe in the Qualitative and Quantitative Examination of Minerals, Ores, Furnace Products, and Other Metallic Combinations:
Forms
assaying en · VERB
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of assay