| 单词 |
assay-master |
| 释义 |
aˈssay-ˌmaster [see assay n.] The master of an assay-house; an officer appointed to assay coin, gold and silver plate, etc.
1647Haward Crown Rev. 22 Assay Master: Fee, 100m. 1662Petty Taxes & Contr. 26 Reports of the ablest Saymasters. 1692Luttrell Brief Rel. II. 623 Sir John Brattle, essay master of the mint, is dead. 1701Lond. Gaz. No. 3714/1 An Act for appointing Wardens and Assay-Masters, for Assaying Wrought Plate. 1784C. Burney in Parr's Wks. (1828) VII. 394 You, who are my Assay Master, and separate my dross from the sterling ore. |

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