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Anneal

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Meaning

Verb

In Metallurgy:
To
to great
and then (often
)
, and sometimes
and further
, for the
of
less
; to
; to toughen.
To
onto a
or other surface.
  • 1793, John Dryden, “XII. On the Monument of a Fair Maiden Lady, who Died at Bath, and
    Interred”, in The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Esq. … To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author (A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain; VI (London: Printed for Iohn and Arthur Arch, 23 Gracechurch Street; and for Bell & Bradfute and I. Mundell & Co. Edinburgh)), Edinburgh: Printed by Mundell and Son, Royal Bank Close, →OCLC,
    164: Such were the
    of her
    Face, / Her
    were
    with ſuch
    : / So faultleſs was the
    ,
    the whole / Had been an
    of the ſoul; / Which her own inward ſymmetry reveal'd; / And like a
    ſhone, in glaſs anneal'd.
  • 1793, John Dryden, “XII. On the Monument of a Fair Maiden Lady, who Died at Bath, and
    Interred”, in The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Esq. … To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author (A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain; VI (London: Printed for Iohn and Arthur Arch, 23 Gracechurch Street; and for Bell & Bradfute and I. Mundell & Co. Edinburgh)), Edinburgh: Printed by Mundell and Son, Royal Bank Close, →OCLC,
    164
  • Such were the
    of her
    Face, / Her
    were
    with ſuch
    : / So faultleſs was the
    ,
    the whole / Had been an
    of the ſoul; / Which her own inward ſymmetry reveal'd; / And like a
    ſhone, in glaſs anneal'd.
  • To
    or harden.

    Noun

    In Chemistry & Metallurgy:
    An
    of annealing.
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    anneal
    English
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    anelen
    Middle English (1100-1500)
    Sourced from
    Etym
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