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Word Meanings - MISASSAY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To assay, or attempt, improperly or unsuccessfully. W. Browne.

Related words: (words related to MISASSAY)

  • ASSAY POUND
    A small standard weight used in assaying bullion, etc., sometimes equaling 0.5 gram, but varying with the assayer.
  • IMPROPERLY
    In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.
  • ATTEMPTER
    1. One who attempts; one who essays anything. 2. An assailant; also, a temper.
  • ATTEMPTABLE
    Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked. Shak.
  • 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.
  • ATTEMPTIVE
    Disposed to attempt; adventurous. Daniel.
  • ATTEMPT
    fr. L. attentare to attempt; ad + tentare, temptare, to touch, try, 1. To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform ; to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight. Something attempted, something done, Has
  • 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.
  • REATTEMPT
    To attempt again.

 

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