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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A treatise on the art of assaying or examining metallic substances.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A treatise on the art of testing, as in assaying metals, etc.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun scientific testing, as in assaying metals, etc.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek a test + -logy.

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