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assay
English
Etymology
From Middle English assay (noun) and assayen (verb), from Anglo-Norman assai (noun) and Anglo-Norman assaier (verb), from Old French essai. Doublet of essay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æse?/, /??se?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Noun
assay (plural assays)
- Trial, attempt.
- Examination and determination; test.
- The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
- 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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ure to this entry?)
Translations
Verb
assay (third-person singular simple present assays, present participle assaying, simple past and past participle assayed)
- (transitive) To attempt (something). [from 14th c.]
- 1936, Alfred Edward Housman, More Poems, IV, The Sage to the Young Man, ll.5-8:
- 2011, ‘All-pro, anti-American’, The Economist, 28 May:
- 1936, Alfred Edward Housman, More Poems, IV, The Sage to the Young Man, ll.5-8:
- (archaic, intransitive) To try, attempt (to do something). [14th-19th c.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts IX:
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts IX:
- (transitive) To analyze or estimate the composition or value of (a metal, ore etc.). [from 15th c.]
- (obsolete, transitive) To test the abilities of (someone) in combat; to fight. [15th-17th c.]
- To affect.
- To try tasting, as food or drink.
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Derived terms
Further reading
- assay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Asays, Yassa
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman assai, from Late Latin exagium.
Alternative forms
- assai, assaie, asaie, assaye, asay, say, sai
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?s?i?/, /?as?i?/, /s?i?/
- Rhymes: -?i?
Noun
assay (plural assayes)
- Examining; investigation, looking into, research:
- Trialling, assaying; the ensuring of quality (usually of a substance, but also of a document)
- The trial or testing of one's personality or personal qualities.
- An attack (as a trial of one's mettle or ability on the battlefield)
- The trialling of comestibles or nourishments (mostly in ceremony)
- A try or effort towards something.
- (rare) Facts in support in assertion; evidence.
- (rare) One's personality; the nature of something or someone.
- (rare) A deed, action or doing; an endeavour or business.
Derived terms
- assaier
- assayen
- assaynge
Descendants
- English: assay, say
- Scots: assay, say, sey
References
- “assai, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.
- “sai, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.
Etymology 2
Verb
assay
- Alternative form of assayen
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reckoning
English
Etymology
Gerund of the verb reckon, from reckon +? -ing. Compare Dutch rekening, German Rechnung.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???k?n??/
Verb
reckoning
- Present participle and gerund of reckon.
Noun
reckoning (plural reckonings)
- The action of calculating or estimating something.
- When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons.
- An opinion or judgement.
- A summing up or appraisal.
- The settlement of accounts, as between parties.
- The working out of consequences or retribution for one's actions.
- (archaic) The bill (UK) or check (US), especially at an inn or tavern.
- (archaic) Rank or status.
Synonyms
- (action of calculating or estimating something): calculation, computation; see also Thesaurus:calculation
Translations
Derived terms
- dead reckoning
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