Prelates and great lords of England, who were for the more surety tests
of that deed.
Ld. Berners.
Test, v. i. [L. testari. See Testament.] To make a testament, or will.
[Obs.]
{ Test (?), ||Tes"ta (?), } n.; pl. E. Tests (#), L. Testæ (#). [L.
testa a piece of burned clay, a broken piece of earthenware, a shell.
See Test a cupel.] 1. (Zoöl.) The external hard or firm covering of
many invertebrate animals.
The test of crustaceans and insects is composed largely of chitin; in
mollusks it is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate, and is called the
shell.