docimasy (dosimasi)

[Also written doki masy, and le correctly docimacy; = F. doc i masie = Sp. Pg. It. docimasia, denounce the subject of it, and his civic privileges were suspended if he could not justify himself. 2. The art or practice of a aying metals, or the art of separating metals from foreign matters, and of determining the nature and quantity of metallic substances contained in any ore or mineral.-3. The art of ascertaining the nature and properties of medicines and poisons, or of ascertaining certain facts pertaining to physiology.