Tes"su*lar (?), a. (Crystallog.) Tesseral.
Test (?), n. [OE. test test, or cupel, potsherd, F. têt, from L. testum
an earthen vessel; akin to testa a piece of burned clay, an earthen
pot, a potsherd, perhaps for tersta, and akin to torrere to patch,
terra earth (cf. Thirst, and Terrace), but cf. Zend tasta cup. Cf. Test
a shell, Testaceous, Tester a covering, a coin, Testy, Tête-à- tête.]
1. (Metal.) A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are
melted for trial and refinement.
Our ingots, tests, and many mo.
Chaucer.
2. Examination or trial by the cupel; hence, any critical examination
or decisive trial; as, to put a man's assertions to a test. "Bring me
to the test." Shak.