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assaying, vbl. n.|əˈseɪɪŋ|
[f. assay v. + -ing1]
1. The action of trying or proving; trial.
c1375Wyclif Serm. xvi. Sel. Wks. 1871 II. 271 Assaiyng of a þing shulde teche for to know þat þing. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. liii. (1495) 634 Knowlege and assayeng of wyne. 1580Baret Alv. A 618 A proofe: a trying: an assaying, Tentamen.
2. spec. The trial of metals.
1727–51Chambers Cycl., Assaying is more particularly used by moneyers and goldsmiths. 1740Mrs. Delany Autobiog. (1861) II. 82 Then to the Tower and Mint—the assaying of the gold and silver is very curious. 1838Hallam Hist. Lit. I. i. ix. §23 The chemical part of metallurgy, and especially what relates to assaying, is treated with great care.
b. attrib.
1800Henry Epit. Chem. (1808) 374 An assaying furnace. 1828Carlyle Misc. (1857) I. 173 It passed smoothly through the critical Assaying-house.
†3. Mus. A preliminary flourish; ‘tuning up.’ Obs.
1693W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. 154 An Assaying or flourishing with a weapon before one begin to play. 1706Phillips, Assaying, a Term us'd by Musicians for a Flourish before they begin to Play. |