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21touchstone — /tuch stohn /, n. 1. a test or criterion for the qualities of a thing. 2. a black siliceous stone formerly used to test the purity of gold and silver by the color of the streak produced on it by rubbing it with either metal. [1475 85; TOUCH +… …
22assaying — In chemical analysis, the process of determining proportions of metal, particularly precious metal, in ores and metallurgical products. The most important assaying technique grew largely out of the experiments of the ancient alchemists and… …
23dose — 1. The quantity of a drug or other remedy to be taken or applied all at one time or in fractional amounts within a given period. Cf.:dosage (2). 2. In nuclear medicine, amount of energy absorbed per unit mass of irradiated material (absorbed d.) …
24Orex Exploration — Inc. Type Public (TSX V: OX) Industry Mining Founded 1987 …
25moisture — n in coal, that water in and on coal assayed in accordance with standard test methods in which the final step is the measurement of mass loss from a coal sample heated to 104 to 110°C at specified conditions of residence time, atmosphere, sample… …
26assay — UK [əˈseɪ] / US [ˈæˌseɪ] / US [əˈseɪ] noun [countable] Word forms assay : singular assay plural assays chemistry a chemical test to establish what a substance contains Derived word: assay UK [ˈæseɪ] / UK [əˈseɪ] / US verb transitive Word forms… …
27unassayed — |ən+ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from un (I) + assayed, past participle of assayen to assay : not assayed : unattempted …
28Assay — As*say , v. i. To attempt, try, or endeavor. [Archaic. In this sense essay is now commonly used.] [1913 Webster] She thrice assayed to speak. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …
29Assay — As*say , n. [OF. asai, essai, trial, F. essa. See {Essay}, n.] 1. Trial; attempt; essay. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] I am withal persuaded that it may prove much more easy in the assay than it now seems at distance. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
30Assay master — Assay As*say , n. [OF. asai, essai, trial, F. essa. See {Essay}, n.] 1. Trial; attempt; essay. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] I am withal persuaded that it may prove much more easy in the assay than it now seems at distance. Milton. [1913… …
