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inquartation

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in⋅quar⋅ta⋅tion

  [in-kwawr-tey-shuhn]
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–noun
(in assaying) the addition of silver to a gold-silver alloy in order to facilitate the parting of the gold by nitric acid.
Origin:
1880–85; perh. < F inquartation. See in- 2 , quarter, -ation
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