Test

test, n. (Metal.) A cupel, in which metals are melted for trial and refinement. Examination by the cupel any critical means of trial that with which anything is compared for proof of its genuinene ; a standard; ground of admi ion or exclusion judgment distinction discrimination Criterion experience proof; experiment. (Chera.) A substance employed to detect any unknown constituent of a compound, by causing to exhibit some characteristic property a re-agent. — v. (Metal.) To separate (gold or silver) from lead, in a test. To put to the proof, prove the truth or genuinene of by experiment, or by some fixed principle or standard. (Chem.) To examine or try by the application of test-paper, or some re-agent. [OF. and LL. testa, a goldsmith's melting-pot, L. testa, a brick, baked earthenware, also a skull, shell of a fish, bone terra, q. v.}— Test-act. (Eng. Law.) An oath and declaration against transubstantiation, which all officers, civil and military, were formerly obliged to take within 6 months after their admi ion.—Testa'cea^-tr 'she-a, -ceans. -sha no, n. pi. Marine animals covered with shells, esp. mollusks; shell-fish. [L. testaceum, a shelled animal, test a cens, covered with tiles, testa.] — Testa'- ceo us. -shus, a. Consisting of a hard shell, or having a hard, continuous shell. [L. test ace us.] — Tes~ taceous animals. (Zobl.) Animals having a strong, thick, entire shell, as oysters and clanw, disting. fr. crustaceovs animals, whose shells are more thin and soft, and consist of several pieces jointed, as lobsters. — Testu'do, n. (Zobl.) The tortoise. Among the ancient Romans, a cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. (Med.) An encysted tumor, supposed to resemble a tortoise in form. [L., testa, a shell.] — Testu'di-nal, -dY-nal, a. Pert to, or resembling, the tortoise. — Testu'dinate, -nat, -na'ted, a. Shaped like the back of a tortoise; roofed; arched vaulted. — Tes'tudln'eous, -din'e-us, a. Resembling the shell of a tortoise. [L. testudineus.] — Tes'ter, n. A flat canopy, over a pulpit, tomD, etc.: a square canopy over bed, consisting of some species of cloth, supported by the bedposts; an old French silver coin, worth about Vi cents. [OF. teston, a coin which was stamped with the head of the or ink, then, bo.vbox, chair, get. 624 TESTAMENT 604 sovereign, fr. teste, a head, I testa; tester, a canoW* is ME. testere, a head-piece, helmet, fr. OF. teste. Testoon', -toon', n. An Italian silver coin the toon of Rome is worth about 30 cents. [It. test one, Sp. and OF. teston: see Tester.] — Tes'ty, a. [-IEK -iest.] Fretful peevish petulant easily irritated. [F. testre, heady, headstrong, testy, fr. OF. teste.] — Test'ily, adv. — Test'ine , n.