Assay

1. To try; to attempt; to apply.
2. Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.
3. 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.
4. To attempt, try, or endeavor.
5. To try tasting, as food or drink.
6. To affect.
7. Tested purity or value.
8. Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
9. Trial; attempt; essay.
10. The alloy or metal to be assayed.
11. 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.