Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A laboratory where ores or metals are assayed.
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To the genius of the place is owing the assay-office, for marking standard wrought plate, which, prior to the year 1773, was conveyed to
An History of Birmingham (1783) William Hutton 1769
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