Sample /(?)/

Sam·ple

Sample

n.
  1. Example; pattern. [Obs.]
    Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight His sample followed.
  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.

Sample

v. t.
  1. To make or show something similar to; to match.
  2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.