Category:Sample

Sam"ple, n. Etym: [oe. sample, asaumple, of. essample, example, fr. L. exemplum. See example, and cf. Ensample, sampler.]

1. Example; pattern. [obs.] Spenser. "a sample to the youngest." Shak. Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight his sample followed. Fairfax.

2. A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence Of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often Purchased by samples. I design this but for a sample of what i hope more fully to discuss. Woodward.

Syn. -- specimen; example. See specimen.

Sample Sam"ple, v. t.

1. To make or show something similar to; to match. Bp. Hall.

2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, Teas, wools, cloth.