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assayings

assayings is the plural of assaying.

Meaning of assaying

Noun

assaying (plural assayings)

  1. A trial by assay.
    • To these [compounds] belong native gold, alloys of gold and silver, and the argentiferous gold, or auriferous silver, obtained from the assayings of auriferous minerals and ores.1854, Carl Friedrich Plattner, Sheridan Muspratt, The Use of the Blowpipe in the Qualitative and Quantitative Examination of Minerals, Ores, Furnace Products, and Other Metallic Combinations

Questions about assayings

What is assayings the plural of?
Assayings is the plural of assaying.

Words near assayings in the dictionary

  1. assayer
  2. assayers
  3. assayest
  4. assayeth
  5. assaying
  6. assayings
  7. assayor
  8. assayors
  9. assays
  10. assback
  11. assbacks

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