assayern.

Brit.

/əˈseɪə/,

/ˈaseɪə/, U.S.

/ˈæseɪər/

Forms: Also Middle English assayar, Middle English–1600s assaier, assaior, assaiour.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman assaior, -our, < assayer to assay v. See -er suffix¹.

1. One who tries, finds out by trial, or attempts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > one who endeavours or attempts

assayera1398

enterpriser1490

offerer1581

endeavourer1586

attempter1598

essayer1611

essayist1736

trier1891

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun] > one who experiments

assayera1398

experimenter1570

periclitator1602

experiencer1644

experimentator1651

experimentist1667

experimentarian1690

experimentalizer1857

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xlii. 252 Wise men and assaiers tellen that whanne a beest is deed þat gut is alwey founde voyde and empty.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 58 As experience wole nedis proue to eche asaier.

1828 T. Carlyle Goethe in Foreign Rev. 2 104 The Assayers have Christian dispositions.

2. One who assays metals.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > assayer

say master1548

assayer1618

touch warden1644

assay-master1647

prover1683

Master of Assay1706

essayer1870

1423 Act 2 Hen. VI xii Et que ceux assaiour, controllour soient vaillantes, credible et expertz persones eiantes notorie science en la mestiere d'orfeour et de mynt.]

1618 Pulton transl. And that the Assaier and Comptroller be expert men.

1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 27 Assayer is an officer of the Mint appointed by the Statute of 2. H. 6. cap. 12.

1796 G. Pearson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 410 The Assayers observe it from charges of lead with silver.

1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. vi. 268 The offence of counterfeiting..the marks, stamps, &c., impressed on plate by the assayers, was formerly felony.

1860 W. White All round Wrekin xxvi. 272 Borax is the flux of assayers.

3. An officer who tastes food before it is served to a prince or lord, a fore-taster (Latin prægustātor).This sense of the word seems to have originated in a corruption of, or confusion with, asseour n., ‘he who sets the table,’ < French asseoir ‘to seat, set,’ apparently the original name of this officer, referring to another duty: see also assewer n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > a test by tasting > one who tests by tasting

taster1387

assayer?c1400

tempterc1450

guster1609

essayer1611

smacker1648

pregustic1694

flesh-taster1766

taste-tester1969

1601 tr. Househ. Ord. Ed. II c1315 (1876) §§48, 49, 50 The asseour of the kinges table.]

?c1400 K. Robt. Cysille in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. I. 276 Thou schalt ete on the grownde, Thyn assayar schalle be an hownde.

1601 tr. Househ. Ord. Ed. II c1315 (1876) §26 The kinge shal have a squier surveiour and warden of the viandes for his mouth, and to take the assay at his table [Fr. asseour de sa table].

1601 tr. Househ. Ord. Ed. II c1315 (1876) §37 Three esquiers assaiors of the messe [Fr. asseours de la messe] in the hal, ought to sett the messes in the halles, and that with as good advisement as thei can, so as men of state and others be servid according to their estate.]

1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 154 An Assayer or tryer, He that assayeth or tasteth first, Prægustator.

1861 Our Eng. Homes 60 The assayer and his office.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	assayer
释义	assayern. Brit. /əˈseɪə/, /ˈaseɪə/, U.S. /ˈæseɪər/ Forms: Also Middle English assayar, Middle English–1600s assaier, assaior, assaiour. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman assaior, -our, < assayer to assay v. See -er suffix¹. 1. One who tries, finds out by trial, or attempts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > one who endeavours or attempts assayera1398 enterpriser1490 offerer1581 endeavourer1586 attempter1598 essayer1611 essayist1736 trier1891 the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > [noun] > one who experiments assayera1398 experimenter1570 periclitator1602 experiencer1644 experimentator1651 experimentist1667 experimentarian1690 experimentalizer1857 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xlii. 252 Wise men and assaiers tellen that whanne a beest is deed þat gut is alwey founde voyde and empty. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 58 As experience wole nedis proue to eche asaier. 1828 T. Carlyle Goethe in Foreign Rev. 2 104 The Assayers have Christian dispositions. 2. One who assays metals. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > assayer say master1548 assayer1618 touch warden1644 assay-master1647 prover1683 Master of Assay1706 essayer1870 1423 Act 2 Hen. VI xii Et que ceux assaiour, controllour soient vaillantes, credible et expertz persones eiantes notorie science en la mestiere d'orfeour et de mynt.] 1618 Pulton transl. And that the Assaier and Comptroller be expert men. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 27 Assayer is an officer of the Mint appointed by the Statute of 2. H. 6. cap. 12. 1796 G. Pearson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 410 The Assayers observe it from charges of lead with silver. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. vi. 268 The offence of counterfeiting..the marks, stamps, &c., impressed on plate by the assayers, was formerly felony. 1860 W. White All round Wrekin xxvi. 272 Borax is the flux of assayers. 3. An officer who tastes food before it is served to a prince or lord, a fore-taster (Latin prægustātor).This sense of the word seems to have originated in a corruption of, or confusion with, asseour n., ‘he who sets the table,’ < French asseoir ‘to seat, set,’ apparently the original name of this officer, referring to another duty: see also assewer n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > a test by tasting > one who tests by tasting taster1387 assayer?c1400 tempterc1450 guster1609 essayer1611 smacker1648 pregustic1694 flesh-taster1766 taste-tester1969 1601 tr. Househ. Ord. Ed. II c1315 (1876) §§48, 49, 50 The asseour of the kinges table.] ?c1400 K. Robt. Cysille in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. I. 276 Thou schalt ete on the grownde, Thyn assayar schalle be an hownde. 1601 tr. Househ. Ord. Ed. II c1315 (1876) §26 The kinge shal have a squier surveiour and warden of the viandes for his mouth, and to take the assay at his table [Fr. asseour de sa table]. 1601 tr. Househ. Ord. Ed. II c1315 (1876) §37 Three esquiers assaiors of the messe [Fr. asseours de la messe] in the hal, ought to sett the messes in the halles, and that with as good advisement as thei can, so as men of state and others be servid according to their estate.] 1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 154 An Assayer or tryer, He that assayeth or tasteth first, Prægustator. 1861 Our Eng. Homes 60 The assayer and his office. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1398
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