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Capable of being assaulted.

One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant. E. Hall.

mpt; essay. [Obs.] Chaucer. I am withal persuaded that it may prove much more easy in the assay than it now seems at distance. Milton.

A small standard weight used in assaying bullion, etc., sometimes equaling 0.5 gram, but varying with the assayer.

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 ore gives directly the number of ounces to the ton.

That may be assayed.

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.

The act or process of testing, esp. of analyzing or examining metals and ores, to determine the proportion of pure metal.

A small foxlike animal (Vulpes cama) of South Africa, valued for its fur.

Assurance; certainty. [Obs.]

To make sure or safe; to assure. [Obs.] Hooker.

An obtaining or acquiring. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

Same as Assagai.

The act of assembling, or the state o In sweet assemblage every blooming grace. Fenton.

Resemblance; likeness; appearance. [Obs.] Care I for the . . . stature, bulk, and big assemblance of a man Shak.

into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate. Thither he assembled all his train. Milton. All the men of Israel assembled themselves. 1 Kings viii. 2.

One who assembles a number of individuals; also, one of a number assembled.

A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.

A member of an assembly, especially of the lower branch of a state legislature.

quiescence, concurrence, or concession. Who informed the governor . . . And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. Acts xxiv. 9. The princess assented to all that was suggested. Macaulay.