assaying

English

Verb

assaying

1. present participle and gerund 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