assay groove

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(in silverwork) a furrow left in a piece by the digging out of metal for assay.

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You might work on the same groove for five hours nonstop, some three-bar thing over and over.
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Obama did authorize sending kits for a diagnostic Ebola test called the EZ1 Real-Time RT-PCR Assay.
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Tanaka then settled into a groove, pitching shut-out ball for the next five innings, fanning eight as the Yankees won 7-3.
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But the fact of the matter is that somewhere along the way, Brooklyn Nine-Nine really did find its groove.
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Very rarely I'll hit a groove and finish early—go for a long walk in the afternoon, or even blow myself to a movie.
Blake Bailey: How I Write|Noah Charney|March 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Twenty baskets of it were obtained by the said miners to assay and investigate its nature, and determine what it might be.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
On being fused with twenty-three libras of lead, nothing was obtained from the said assay.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Thence were taken fifteen baskets of gravel and dirt, which has the color of coal, in order to assay it.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
The glittering steel glided through the groove, and the head of Madame Roland was severed from her body.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
Unfortunately a slanting groove has been cut through the upper mouldings of it.
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