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Inquiring; asking questions; testing. "Questionary epistles." Pope.

An instrument for testing the hearing capacity.

r its peculiar texture or markings. -- Test paper. (a) (Chem.) Paper prepared for use in testing for certain substances by being saturated with a reagent which changes color in some specific way when acted upon by those substances; thus, litmus paper is turned red by acids, and blue by alkalies, turmeric paper is turn…

The act of trying or testing in any manner. Specifically: --

The testing of a ledger to discover whether the debits and credits balance, by finding whether the sum of the personal credits increased by the difference between the debit and credit sums in the merchandise and other impersonal accounts equals the sum of personal debits. The equality would not show that the items were…

A cock for withdrawing a small quantity of liquid, as for testing.

ment used by carpenters, joiners, etc., for laying off right angles off right angles, and testing whether work is square.

ension of any vapor; specifically, an instrument of this sort used as an alcoholometer in testing spirituous liquors.

l phrase used in concluding a plea. Verification of an equation (Math.), the operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it expresses truly the conditions of the problem. Davies & Peck. (Math. Dict.)