Defn: To make a testament, or will. [Obs.]
TEST; TESTA Test, Tes"ta, n.; pl. E. Tests, L. Testæ. Etym: [L. testa a piece of burned clay, a broken piece of earthenware, a shell. See Test a cupel.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The external hard or firm covering of many invertebrate animals.
Note: 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.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: The outer integument of a seed; the episperm, or spermoderm.
TESTABLE
Test"a*ble, a. Etym: [See Testament.]
1. Capable of being tested or proved.
2. Capable of being devised, or given by will.