单词 | neal |
释义 | † nealadj. Obsolete. 1. Low in position, deep, profound. ΚΠ 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 ΘΚΠ 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.ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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]. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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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