Sample

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Example; pattern.

II. Sample ·vt To make or show something similar to; to Match.

III. Sample ·vt To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.

IV. Sample ·noun 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.