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单词 neal
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nealadj.

Forms: Old English neol, Old English niol, 1500s neall, 1600s neale.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nuel adj.
Etymology: Originally a variant of nuel adj.
Obsolete.
1. Low in position, deep, profound.
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eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 65/2 Infima, niol.
OE Guthlac A 563 Niþer under næssas neole grundas.
OE Cynewulf Juliana 684 Seo geneatscolu in þam neolan scræfe.
2. Nautical. Of water: deep; esp. deep close to the shore. Also in neal to. Cf. nealed to at nealed adj.2
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > very
groundlessc888
bottomlessc1400
profound?a1425
neal1574
soundlessc1595
insoundable1602
gulfy1607
unbottomed1615
depthless1619
unsoundable1629
chin-deep1634
fathomless1638
abysming1644
unfounded1648
abysmal1656
plumbless1665
unfathomablea1676
chasmy1793
fathom-deep1835
plummetlessc1861
chasmal1871
abyssal1903
1574 W. Bourne Regim. for Sea (1577) xxii. 61 Those be neall or deepe harde unto the sandes or daungers.
1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. Neale-too, that is, when it is deep water close to the shore,..that is right up and downe without any showling.
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Neale-too, in Navigation, is when it is deep water close to the shore.]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

nealv.

Brit. /niːl/, U.S. /nil/
Forms: 1500s–1600s neale, 1500s–1600s nele, 1600s neile, 1600s neyl, 1600s– neal; English regional 1800s– nale, 1800s– neeal (Isle of Wight).
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; probably modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: anneal v.
Etymology: Aphetic < anneal v., probably after Middle French neeler (French nieller ) to enamel (see further discussion at anneal v.).
1. transitive (usually in passive). To subject to the action of fire; to fire, bake, glaze. Cf anneal v. 2a. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > perform general or industrial manufacturing processes [verb (transitive)] > burn or bake
anneala1382
set1483
fire1549
neala1552
burn1664
a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) VI. 55 Pottes exceding finely nelyd and florishid.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiv. xxi. 425 The wine vessels..must bee nealed with pitch, presently upon the rising of the dog starre.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 31 Divers..make the particles of clay, gilt, and coloured before they be neiled by the fire.
1683 J. Pettus Fleta Minor (1686) i. 9 Plaster it all over the inside of the Furnace, let it dry well..that it may be neald.
1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (rev. ed.) App. p. xxxv Blood-stone, which has been nealed and beaten to a..powder.
2. transitive. To temper (metal or glass) by the action of fire or heat, esp. by a process of heating and slow cooling. Cf. anneal v. 2c. Now English regional.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > harden, temper, or anneal
temperc1381
allay1409
neal1558
harden1560
anneal1662
season1731
reanneal1850
attemper1869
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vii. sig. U.iijv Swordes and glaiues in furneis neale they tough.
1631 G. Markham Countrey Contentm. i. 70 Strong Wyer.., being nealed and alayde in the fire, you may bend and bow at your pleasure.
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 42 By a leisurely heating and cooling, the parts are nealed into another posture.
1685 R. Boyle Ess. Effects of Motion viii. 93 A Glass that seemed to have been well-baked or nealed (as they call it).
1745 Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 506 Those Drops or Lachrymæ of Glass, which, instead of being nealed, had been immediately quenched in Water.
1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum 5 The wire is softened and made pliable by nealing or heating it on live coals.
1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words Neeal, to temper by fire.
1893 J. Salisbury Gloss. Words S.E. Worcs. Nale, to anneal; to soften or toughen iron.
a1903 W. C. Boulter in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 236/1 [Worcestershire] Neal [to anneal].
3. intransitive. To undergo the process of annealing. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [verb (intransitive)] > undergo tempering or hardening
neala1626
harden1833
temper1881
work-harden1924
strain-harden1959
a1626 Dr. Meverel in Baconiana (1679) 128 Reduction is chiefly effected by Fire, wherein if they stand and nele, the imperfect Metals vapour away.
1684 R. Boyle Exper. Porosity of Bodies viii. 137 We laid this Glass..warily upon a few Quick-coals, and having suffered it to neal awhile [etc.].
4. transitive. figurative. Usually with into or to. To instil (a quality, etc.) into (a person or thing) as if by the action of fire; to transform (something) as if by burning. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (transitive)]
parcha1382
air1539
fire1549
braze1581
concoct1607
assate1657
burn1669
neal1672
grilly1678
1672 O. Walker Of Educ. ii. i. 209 Yet are they not to be neglected, but to be neal'd into youth, that they may not through defect of them, miscarry in their age.
1723 C. Johnson Love in Forest iv. 45 Can that inflexible proud Heart of thine bend and be nealed into a commode, passive, obedient, necessary, blind, credulous Convenience, call'd a Hus'band?
1829 J. Hogg Shepherd's Cal. ii Till that hard and cruel heart o' yours be nealed to an izle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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