English-Thai Dictionary
assay
N การ ทดสอบ testing examination kan-thod-sob
assay
N การ วิเคราะห์ ทาง เคมี kan-wi-khro-thang-khe-mee
assay
N สารที่ ใช้ วิเคราะห์ san-ti-chai-wi-khro
assay
VT วิเคราะห์ ตรวจสอบ test analyze wi-khro
assayer
N ผู้ วิเคราะห์ ตรวจสอบ poo-wi-khor-truad-sorb
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ASSAY
n.[L. sequor; assequor, to follow, to examine. See Essay. ] 1. The trial of the goodness, purity, weight, value, etc. of metals or metallic substances. Any operation or experiement for ascertaining the quantity of a precious metal in an ore or mineral. Analysis is a term of more comprehensive import, extending to an examination of the nature and quantities of all parts of the compound.
2. In law, an examination of weights and measures by the standard.
3. Examination; trial; effort; first entrance upon any business; attempt. In these senses, which are found in old authors, now rarely used. [See Essay. ]
4. Value; great purity. Obs.
ASSAY
v.t. 1. To try or prove, by examination or experiment, the quantity and purity of metallic substances.
2. To apply to the touchstone.
ASSAY
v.i.To attempt, try or endeavor. He assayed to go. 1 Samuel 17:39.
[In this sense essay is now used. ]
ASSAY-BALANCE
n.A balance for the trial of the weight and purity of metals.
ASSAYED
pp. Examined; tested; proved by experiment.
ASSAYER
n.One who examines metals to find their quantity and purity. An officer of the mint, whose business is to try the weight and purity of metals.
ASSAYING
ppr. Trying by some standard; examining by experiment, as metals; proving; attempting.
ASSAY-MASTER
n.An assayer; an officer appointed to try the weight and fineness of the precious metals.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ASSAY
As *say ", n. Etym: [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 )
Defn: 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. 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. t. [imp. & p. p. Assayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Assaying. ]Etym: [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
ASSAY As *say ", v. i.
Defn: To attempt, try, or endeavor. [Archaic. In this sense essay is now commonly used. ] She thrice assayed to speak. Dryden.
ASSAYABLE
ASSAYABLE As *say "a *ble, a.
Defn: That may be assayed.
ASSAYER
ASSAYER As *say "er, n.
Defn: One who assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver.
ASSAYING
ASSAYING As *say "ing, n.
Defn: The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal.
ASSAY POUND
ASSAY POUND As "say pound.
Defn: A small standard weight used in assaying bullion, etc. , sometimes equaling .5 gram, but varying with the assayer.
ASSAY TON
ASSAY TON Assay ton.
Defn: A weight of 29.166 + grams used in assaying, for convenience. Since it bears the same relation to the milligram that a ton of 2 avoirdupois pounds does to the troy ounce, the weight in milligrams of precious metal obtained from an assay ton of ore gives directly the number of ounces to the ton.
New American Oxford Dictionary
assay
as say |ˈaˌsā, aˈsā ˈæˌseɪ | ▶noun the testing of a metal or ore to determine its ingredients and quality: submission of plate for assay. • a procedure for measuring the biochemical or immunological activity of a sample: each assay was performed in duplicate | the results of sequential assays of serum were analyzed | immunofluorescence assay. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 determine the content or quality of (a metal or ore ). • determine the biochemical or immunological activity of (a sample ): cell contents were assayed for enzyme activity. • examine (something ) in order to assess its nature: stepping inside, I quickly assayed the clientele. 2 archaic attempt: I assayed a little joke of mine on him. DERIVATIVES as say er noun 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 ).
assay office
assay of ¦fice ▶noun an establishment for the assaying of ores and metals. • Brit. an institution authorized to award hallmarks to articles made from precious metals. There are currently four in Britain, at London, Birmingham, Sheffield, and Edinburgh.
Oxford Dictionary
assay
assay |əˈseɪ, ˈaseɪ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the testing of a metal or ore to determine its ingredients and quality: submission of plate for assay. • [ count noun ] a procedure for measuring the biochemical or immunological activity of a sample. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 determine the content or quality of (a metal or ore ). • determine the biochemical or immunological activity of (a sample ). • examine (something ) in order to assess its nature: stepping inside, I quickly assayed the clientele. 2 archaic attempt: I assayed a little joke of mine on him. DERIVATIVES assayer noun 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 ).
assay office
assay of ¦fice ▶noun an establishment for the assaying of ores and metals. • Brit. an institution authorized to award hallmarks to articles made from precious metals. There are currently four in Britain, at London, Birmingham, Sheffield, and Edinburgh.
American Oxford Thesaurus
assay
assay noun this brand of herbal supplement will undergo independent assay: evaluation, assessment, appraisal, analysis, examination, test /tests, testing, inspection, scrutiny. ▶verb gold is assayed to determine its purity: evaluate, assess, appraise, analyze, examine, test, inspect, scrutinize, probe.
Oxford Thesaurus
assay
assay noun new plate was taxed when it was brought for assay: evaluation, assessment, analysis, examination, test, trial, check, inspection, appraisal, investigation, scrutiny, probe. ▶verb silver and gold is assayed to determine its purity: evaluate, assess, analyse, examine, test, check, inspect, appraise, investigate, scrutinize, probe.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
assay
as say /ǽseɪ |əséɪ /名詞 複 ～s U C 1 (金属 鉱石などの )分析, 検査, 試金 .2 〘化 〙(薬品などの )分析, 評価 ; 分析物 .3 ｟古 文 ｠(困難なことの )試み, 企て (attempt ).動詞 /əséɪ /～s ; ～ed ; ～ing 他動詞 1 …を試金する, 分析 [評価 ]する .2 ｟古 文 ｠…を試みる, 企てる ; «…しようと » 努める (attempt ) «to do » .自動詞 〈金属 鉱石などが 〉 (分析の結果 ) «…の » 含有を示す «in » .～er 名詞 C 分析者, 試金者 .
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