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upelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement. Our ingots, tests, and many mo. Chaucer.

The external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals.

Capable of being tested or proved.

Invertebrate animals covered with shells, especially mollusks; shellfish.

Onr of the Testacea.

The science which treats of testaceans, or shellfish; the description of shellfish. [R.]

The science of testaceous mollusks; conchology. [R.]

Having a dull red brick color or a brownish yellow color. Testaceous animals (Zoöl.), animals having a firm, calcareous shell, as oysters and clams, thus distinguished from crustaceous animals, whose shells are more thin and soft, and consist of several joints, or articulations, as lobsters and crabs.…

The state or circumstance of being testate, or of leaving a valid will, or testament, at death.

s of the sacred Scriptures, in which the covenants are respectively revealed; as, the Old Testament; the New Testament; -- often limited, in colloquial language, to the latter. He is the mediator of the new testament . . . for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament. Heb. ix. 15. Hologr…

Of or pertaining to a testament; testamentary. Thy testamental cup I take, And thus remember thee. J. Montgomery.

Of or pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters testamentary.

The act or power of giving by testament, or will. [R.] Burke.

To make a will. [Obs.] Fuller.

A certificate of merit or proficiency; -- so called from the Latin words, Ita testamur, with which it commences.

Having made and left a will; as, a person is said to die testate. Ayliffe.

A witnessing or witness. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

A man who makes and leaves a will, or testament, at death.

A woman who makes and leaves a will at death; a female testator.

A witness.