assay-mastern.
The master of an assay-house; an officer appointed to assay coin, gold and silver plate, etc.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > assayer
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1647 L. Haward Charges Crown Revenue 22 Assay Master: Fee, 100m.
1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 26 Reports of the ablest Saymasters.
1692 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 623 Sir John Brattle, essay master of the mint, is dead.
1701 London Gaz. No. 3714/1 An Act for appointing Wardens and Assay-Masters, for Assaying Wrought Plate.
1784 C. Burney in S. Parr Wks. (1828) VII. 394 You, who are my Assay Master, and separate my dross from the sterling ore.
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