Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An assayer; a chief officer appointed to try the weight and fineness of the precious metals.
- noun An officer appointed, in the provincial period in Massachusetts, to test the quality of potash and pearlash intended for export, or the composition of the worms and still-heads used in distilling.
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Examples
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Ann's father, Charles, when very young, was appointed assay-master to Jamaica.
Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century George Paston
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Requests in Calcutta; and assay-master of the mint.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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Another sort was afterward tried by Master Bulmar, and Master Dimock, assay-master; and it held after the rate of three and twenty thousand pounds a ton.
To the Reader 1909
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Ann's father, Charles, when very young, was appointed assay-master to Jamaica.
Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century Paston, George, d. 1936 1902
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He possessed or gained some reputation as a mining expert, and making his way down into Cornwall, he seems for some years subsequent to 1782 to have been assay-master and storekeeper of some mines at Dolcoath.
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen Rudolf Erich Raspe 1765
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Master Dimock, assay-master; and it held after the rate of three and twenty thousand pounds a ton.
The Discovery of Guiana Walter Raleigh 1586
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His father (Hop - ton Hay 11 CM, esq.) was assay-master of the Mint, and principal Tally-writer of the Exchequer; in both whicii places he always behaved himself highly worthy of the givat trust reposed in him, being indefatigable and most feithful in the execution of his offices.
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