Docimasy

dos′i-ma-si, n. the art by which the nature and proportions of an ore are determined: a aying: examination of poisons.— n. Docimas′tes , a genus of humming-birds with enormously long beak.— adj. Docimas′tic — n. Docimol′ogy , a treatise on the art of a aying. [Gr. do kim asia , examination— do kim a zein , to test— dechesthai , to take, approve.]