assay office


noun
  1. a local testing station for assaying ore, as gold or silver, especially a government station maintained in connection with the registration of mineral claims, purchases of gold, or the like.

Origin of assay office

1
First recorded in 1765–75

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How to use assay office in a sentence

  • A paste-pot left overnight in an assay office was found in the morning filled with the oddest collection of rubbish.

    Motor Matt's Mystery | Stanley R. Matthews
  • There is little left here, though the assay office, built up against a massive square rock still stands.

    The Lake of the Sky | George Wharton James
  • The house in which he was born was a large yellow mansion, standing on the spot on which the assay office has since been built.

  • It was a good half minute before I even wondered what had brought Macartney out of his bed in the assay office.

    The La Chance Mine Mystery | Susan Carleton Jones
  • He had turned so white that I remembered his faint in the assay office, like you do remember things that don't matter.

    The La Chance Mine Mystery | Susan Carleton Jones