Word Meanings - MISASSAY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To assay, or attempt, improperly or unsuccessfully. W. Browne.

Related words: (words related to MISASSAY)

• ASSAY POUND
  A small standard weight used in assaying bullion, etc., sometimes equaling 0.5 gram, but varying with the assayer.
• IMPROPERLY
  In an improper manner; not properly; unsuitably; unbecomingly.
• ATTEMPTER
  1. One who attempts; one who essays anything. 2. An assailant; also, a temper.
• ATTEMPTABLE
  Capable of being attempted, tried, or attacked. Shak.
• ASSAY TON
  A weight of 29.166 + grams used in assaying, for convenience. Since it bears the same relation to the milligram that a ton of 2000 avoirdupois pounds does to the troy ounce, the weight in milligrams of precious metal obtained from an assay ton of
• ASSAYABLE
  That may be assayed.
• ATTEMPTIVE
  Disposed to attempt; adventurous. Daniel.
• ATTEMPT
  fr. L. attentare to attempt; ad + tentare, temptare, to touch, try, 1. To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform ; to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight. Something attempted, something done, Has
• ASSAYER
  One who assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver.
• ASSAY
  The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin. 6. The alloy or metal to be assayed. Ure. Assay and essay are radically
• ASSAYING
  The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal.
• MISASSAY
  To assay, or attempt, improperly or unsuccessfully. W. Browne.
• REATTEMPT
  To attempt again.