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  assay
  化驗,分析(vt.)化驗,分析,嘗試(vi.)被驗明成分

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Assay \As*say"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Assaying}.] [OF. asaier, essaier, F. essayer, fr. essai. See
     {Assay}, n., {Essay}, v.]
     1. To try; to attempt; to apply. [Obs. or Archaic]
  
              To-night let us assay our plot.       --Shak.
  
              Soft words to his fierce passion she assayed.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     2. To affect. [Obs.]
  
              When the heart is ill assayed.        --Spenser.
  
     3. To try tasting, as food or drink. [Obs.]
  
     4. 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.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Assay \As*say"\, n. [OF. asai, essai, trial, F. essa. See
     {Essay}, n.]
     1. Trial; attempt; essay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
              I am withal persuaded that it may prove much more
              easy in the assay than it now seems at distance.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     2. Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread
        or wine. [Obs.]
  
              This can not be, by no assay of reason. --Shak.
  
     3. Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk;
        hardship; state of being tried. [Obs.]
  
              Through many hard assays which did betide.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
     4. Tested purity or value. [Obs.]
  
              With gold and pearl of rich assay.    --Spenser.
  
     5. (Metallurgy) 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.
  
     6. The alloy or metal to be assayed. --Ure.
  
     Usage: {Assay} and {essay} are radically the same word; but
            modern usage has appropriated {assay} chiefly to
            experiments in metallurgy, and {essay} to intellectual
            and bodily efforts. See {Essay}.
  
     Note: Assay is used adjectively or as the first part of a
           compound; as, assay balance, assay furnace.
  
     {Assay master}, an officer who assays or tests gold or silver
        coin or bullion.
  
     {Assay ton}, a weight of 29,1662/3 grams.

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Assay \As*say"\, v. i.
     To attempt, try, or endeavor. [Archaic. In this sense essay
     is now commonly used.]
  
           She thrice assayed to speak.             --Dryden.

資料來源(5): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  assay
       n 1: an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of
            the contents"; "a check on its dependability under
            stress" [syn: {check}]
       2: a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components
       3: a written report of the results of an analysis of the
          composition of some substance
       4: a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance
          (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components;
          frequently used to test for the presence or concentration
          of infectious agents or antibodies etc.
       v 1: analyze (chemical substances)
       2: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his
          fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The
          police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve
          himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn:
           {try}, {seek}, {attempt}, {essay}]