Definition for TEST'ING

TEST'ING, n.

  1. The act of trying for proof.
  2. In metallurgy, the operation of refining large quantities of gold or silver by means of lead, in the vessel called a test. In this process the extraneous matter is vitrified, scorified or destroyed, and the metal left pure. This operation is performed in the manner of cupellation. Cyc.

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