different between assaying vs essaying

assaying

English

Verb

assaying

  1. present participle of assay

Noun

assaying (plural assayings)

  1. A trial by assay.
    • 1854, Carl Friedrich Plattner, Sheridan Muspratt, The Use of the Blowpipe in the Qualitative and Quantitative Examination of Minerals, Ores, Furnace Products, and Other Metallic Combinations
      To these [compounds] belong native gold, alloys of gold and silver, and the argentiferous gold, or auriferous silver, obtained from the assayings of auriferous minerals and ores.

Anagrams

  • gainsays, gaysians

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essaying

English

Verb

essaying

  1. present participle of essay

Noun

essaying (plural essayings)

  1. An attempt; a try.
    • a. 1858, Charles Boner, Mother and Child
      The dialogue most sweet
      Is a glad mother's converse with her child,
      When first he makes his essayings at speech.

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