Trial

Tri"al

• The act of trying or testing in any manner.
  Specifically: —
• Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected.

  [I] defy thee to the trial of mortal fight.

• The act of testing by experience; proof; test.

  Repeated trials of the issues and events of actions.

• Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, etc.
• The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men.

  Others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings.

• That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial.

  Every station is exposed to some trials.

• (Law) The formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact in a court of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in issue in a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining such issue.
  Synonyms — Test; attempt; endeavor; effort; experiment; proof; essay. See Test, and Attempt.

  And millions miss for one that hits.