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test, n. (Metal.) A cupel, in which metals melted for trial and refinement. Examination the cupel; any critical trial; means of trial; with which anything is compared for proof genuinene ; a standard; ground of admi ion or clusion; judgment; distinction; discrimination criterion; experience; proof: experiment. (Chem.) A substance employed to detect any unknown stituent of a compound, by causing it to exhibit some characteristic property; a re-agent. — (Metal.) To separate (gold or silver) from in a test. To put to the proof, prove the truth genuinene of by experiment, or by some principle or standard. ( Chem.) To examine or by the application of test-paper, or some re-agent. — Teata'cea, -ta's he-a, -ceans, -shans, n.pl. Marine animals covered with shells, esp. mollusks; fish. — Testa'ceo us, -shus, a. Consisting of a shell, or having a hard, continuous shell. — Testaceous animals. (Zo'61.) Animals having a strong, thick, entire shell, as oysters and clams, disting. crustaceous aytimals, whose shells are more thin soft, and consist of several pieces jointed, as sters. — Testu'do, n. (Zo'61.) The tortoise. Among the ancient Romans, a cover or screen which a of troops formed with their shields or targets, holding them over their heads when standing to each other. (Med.) An encysted tumor, posed to resemble a tortoise in f orm.— Testu'di-iial, -dl-nal, a. Pert, to, or resembling, the tortoise. Testu'dinate, -nat, -na'ted, a. Shaped like the of a tortoise; roofed: arched: vaulted. — Tea'tudin'eous, -din'e-us, a. Resembling the shell of a tortoise. — Tes'ter, n. A flat canopy; over a pulpit, tomb, etc.; species a square of cloth, canopy supported over a' by bed, the consisting bedposts; of an French silver coin, worth about 12 cents.— Testoon', -toon', n. An Italian silver coin: the testoon Rome is worth about 30 cents.— Tes'ty, -tT, a. [-iee; -iest.] Fretful; peevish: petulant; easily irritated. Testament - Trudge 456