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"The refined bullion is analysed to the highest levels of accuracy, on various methods of gold assaying," says James Jose, managing director at CGR.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2024

The latter stands for Lucius Plaetorius Cestianus, who was a treasurer of sorts for Brutus and oversaw the minting and assaying of his coins.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2023

But assaying information — weighing it, analyzing it, separating the gold from the pyrite — still depends on old-fashioned human judgment.

From Washington Post • Dec. 24, 2021

Word reaches us that Mr. Ben Schwartz has accepted an engagement at the Paramount Studios of Hollywood, California, where he will be assaying the role of Sonic the Hedgehog.

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2018

Docimasy, dos′i-ma-si, n. the art by which the nature and proportions of an ore are determined: assaying: examination of poisons.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various