assay
verb (used with object)
to examine or analyze.
assayer
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a word derived from
assay.
Example Sentences
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A whistleblower, mine assayer David Fingado, disclosed the mine was meritless to CNN.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2022
The King is played in the film by Michael Shannon, a frequent assayer of the quirky and the offbeat in movies.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2016
“It’s one of the first $50 gold coins Augustus Humbert struck when he was appointed U.S. assayer in San Francisco in 1851.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2011
"It's one of the first $50 gold coins Augustus Humbert struck when he was appointed U.S. assayer in San Francisco in 1851."
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2011
He got the address of the assayer from the hotel proprietor, and was soon at the official's office.
From Dick Hamilton's Fortune The Stirring Doings of a Millionaire's Son by Howard R. Garis
