Word Meanings - ASSAYABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

That may be assayed.

Related words: (words related to ASSAYABLE)

• ASSAY POUND
  A small standard weight used in assaying bullion, etc., sometimes equaling 0.5 gram, but varying with the assayer.
• ASSAY TON
  A weight of 29.166 + grams used in assaying, for convenience. Since it bears the same relation to the milligram that a ton of 2000 avoirdupois pounds does to the troy ounce, the weight in milligrams of precious metal obtained from an assay ton of
• ASSAYABLE
  That may be assayed.
• ASSAYER
  One who assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver.
• ASSAY
  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. Assay and essay are radically
• ASSAYING
  The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal.
• MISASSAY
  To assay, or attempt, improperly or unsuccessfully. W. Browne.