n. - Trial; attempt; essay.
n. - Examination and determination; test; as, an assay of bread or wine.
n. - Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
n. - Tested purity or value.
n. - 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.
n. - The alloy or metal to be assayed.
v. - To try; to attempt; to apply.
v. - To affect.
v. - To try tasting, as food or drink.
v. - To subject, as an ore, alloy, or other metallic compound, to chemical or metallurgical examination, in order to determine the amount of a particular metal contained in it, or to ascertain its composition.
v. i. - To attempt, try, or endeavor.