Meaning

• Noun

  1. A challenge, trial.
  2. A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
  3. An examination, given often during the academic term.
  4. A session in which a product, piece of equipment, or system is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
  5. A Test match.
  6. The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars and sea urchins.
  7. Testa; seed coat.
  8. (obsolete) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.

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