assayingn.

/əˈseɪɪŋ/

Etymology: < assay v. + -ing suffix¹.

1. The action of trying or proving; trial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun]

fandingc1000

costningOE

assay1330

say?c1335

assayingc1375

experimenta1382

proofc1390

experience1393

tastinga1400

probationc1422

probe?a1425

approof1436

fraistingc1440

examination?1510

saying1512

approving1523

trial1526

test1594

approbationa1616

trya1616

proval1622

tempting1623

probatea1643

experimental1659

testinga1834

c1375 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. xvi, in Sel. Wks. (1871) II. 271 Assaiyng of a þing shulde teche for to know þat þing.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. liii. 945 Þe kynde of yvy is ful wonderful in knowleche and a ssaynge of wyne.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 537 A proofe: a trying: an assaying. Tentamen.

a. spec. The trial of metals.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > testing

assayc1386

toucha1450

say1567

essay1668

assaying1728

parting assay1758

van1778

docimasy1803

touching1908

heat tinting1910

cupping1921

Magnaflux1935

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Assay The Methods of Assaying, or making Assays.

1740 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 82 Then to the Tower and Mint—the assaying of the gold and silver is very curious.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. ix. 648 The chemical part of metallurgy, and especially what relates to assaying, is treated with great care.

b. attributive.

ΚΠ

1806 W. Henry Epitome Chem. (ed. 4) ii. ii. 360 An assaying furnace.

1828 T. Carlyle Goethe in Foreign Rev. 2 104 The book..passed smoothly through the critical Assaying-house.

†3. Music. A preliminary flourish; ‘tuning up.’ Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [noun] > practising or warming up

practising?a1425

jonglery1616

assaying1693

warming1874

woodshedding1927

1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 154 An Assaying or flourishing with a weapon before one begin to play.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Assaying, a Term us'd by Musicians for a Flourish before they begin to Play.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	assaying
释义	assayingn. /əˈseɪɪŋ/ Etymology: < assay v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. The action of trying or proving; trial. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] fandingc1000 costningOE assay1330 say?c1335 assayingc1375 experimenta1382 proofc1390 experience1393 tastinga1400 probationc1422 probe?a1425 approof1436 fraistingc1440 examination?1510 saying1512 approving1523 trial1526 test1594 approbationa1616 trya1616 proval1622 tempting1623 probatea1643 experimental1659 testinga1834 c1375 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. xvi, in Sel. Wks. (1871) II. 271 Assaiyng of a þing shulde teche for to know þat þing. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. liii. 945 Þe kynde of yvy is ful wonderful in knowleche and a ssaynge of wyne. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie A 537 A proofe: a trying: an assaying. Tentamen. 2. a. spec. The trial of metals. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > testing assayc1386 toucha1450 say1567 essay1668 assaying1728 parting assay1758 van1778 docimasy1803 touching1908 heat tinting1910 cupping1921 Magnaflux1935 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Assay The Methods of Assaying, or making Assays. 1740 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 82 Then to the Tower and Mint—the assaying of the gold and silver is very curious. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. ix. 648 The chemical part of metallurgy, and especially what relates to assaying, is treated with great care. b. attributive. ΚΠ 1806 W. Henry Epitome Chem. (ed. 4) ii. ii. 360 An assaying furnace. 1828 T. Carlyle Goethe in Foreign Rev. 2 104 The book..passed smoothly through the critical Assaying-house. †3. Music. A preliminary flourish; ‘tuning up.’ Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [noun] > practising or warming up practising?a1425 jonglery1616 assaying1693 warming1874 woodshedding1927 1693 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis (new ed.) 154 An Assaying or flourishing with a weapon before one begin to play. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Assaying, a Term us'd by Musicians for a Flourish before they begin to Play. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.c1375
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