Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
Tested purity or value.
Trial, attempt.
The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
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.
The alloy or metal to be assayed.
Examination and determination; test.
To affect.
To analyze or estimate the composition or value of (a metal, ore etc.).
To attempt (something).
To try tasting, as food or drink.
The final stage of an extended process or course of events, especially with the implication of the imminent realization of a masterful strategy or plan.
The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left.
The final stage of any game.
The gameplay available in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for players who have completed all of the preset challenges.
The final stage of a game of bridge, when there are few cards left.
Having become canon by the end of the plot of a work of fiction or speculated to be intended to become such.