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assay 1. a. an analysis, esp a determination of the amount of metal in an ore or the amounts of impurities in a precious metal b. (as modifier): an assay office 2. a substance undergoing an analysis 3. a written report on the results of an analysis assay [′a‚sā] (analytical chemistry) Qualitative or quantitative determination of the components of a material, as an ore or a drug. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This having heart, straight I again revolved
The Law and Prophets, searching what was writ
Concerning the Messiah, to our scribes
Known partly, and soon found of whom they spake
I am--this chiefly, that my way must lie
Through many a hard assay, even to the death,
Ere I the promised kingdom can attain,
Or work redemption for mankind, whose sins'
Full weight must be transferred upon my head. ``I will assay, then,'' said the knight, ``a ballad composed by a Saxon glee-man, whom I knew in Holy Land. Also that kind of obedience, which Tacitus speaketh of, is to be held suspected: Erant in officio, sed tamen qui mallent mandata imperantium interpretari quam exequi; disputing, excusing, cavilling upon mandates and directions, is a kind of shaking off the yoke, and assay of disobedience; especially if in those disputings, they which are for the direction, speak fearfully and tenderly, and those that are against it, audaciously. |
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