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Assayer

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1423, OED Evaluation: N/A

One who assays metals.

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Interviewer: So then ah you said that your- well your father was- I- I'm assuming was working at the- he- where did you say he was working? Speaker: He was assayer. Interviewer: Okay. He was- he was an assayer at the mine? Speaker: Yeah. Interviewer: Okay. I work in the assay lab actually. Speaker: Oh do you? Oh well he was the chief assayer at Panmore. Interviewer: Okay. Speaker: He'd gone to ah the Haileybury School of Mines.
One who assays metals (i.e., one responsible for the trial of metals, by ‘touch,’ fire, etc., and the determination of the quantity of metal in an ore or alloy, or of the fineness of coin or bullion.)
Interviewer: ... but ah were you ever worried for your father and his work and the job that he did? Speaker: Just the year that um ah they tried to form unions. Interviewer: Oh okay. Speaker: And ah ah he wasn't management, he was the assistant assayer at the time. And ah they were two unions that were trying to organize. And one was known as, a red one, I think they called it. Um and it- it was a chance time and then there was the year of the strikes.
One who assays metals (i.e., one responsible for the trial of metals, by ‘touch,’ fire, etc., and the determination of the quantity of metal in an ore or alloy, or of the fineness of coin or bullion.)
Speaker: Do you know when I first started working for the O-N-R, ah in fifty- nineteen (inc) I guess it would be about fifty-four, I was making more money than my father. Interviewer: Okay. Speaker: You-know? And he was the chief-assayer? Interviewer: Wow. Speaker: You-know when you think of comparisons. Interviewer: Right. Speaker: And I didn't know that until he did my income tax that year (laughs). And ah and you-know- and I was a high-school drop-out.
One who assays metals (i.e., one responsible for the trial of metals, by ‘touch,’ fire, etc., and the determination of the quantity of metal in an ore or alloy, or of the fineness of coin or bullion.)