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Meaning of "assay" and the crossword clue

- Attempt
- Examine by trial
- Test
- To analyse for gold or silver content
- Trial; attempt; essay.
- Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.
- Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
- Tested purity or value.
- 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.
- The alloy or metal to be assayed.
- To try; to attempt; to apply.
- To affect.
- To try tasting, as food or drink.
- 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.
- To attempt, try, or endeavor.


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