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annealed, ppl. a.|əˈniːld|
[f. prec. + -ed.]
†1. Set on fire. Obs.
a1000Cædmon Gen. 2922 Ad stód onæled.
†2. Fired, or baken, as earthenware; passing into the sense of ‘glazed.’ Obs.
1382Wyclif Is. xvi. 7 Vp on the walles of anelid [1388 bakun] tyil. 1519W. Horman Vulgaria 24 b, A new erthen potte that is not glassed or hanelydde.
3. Enamelled, having colours burnt in, ‘stained’ as glass. arch.
1552Ch. Goods Berksh. 14 A crosse of wood, couered wt annyled plate. 1601Holland Pliny (1634) II. 596 Bricks or small tiles enealed with sundry colours. 1622Peacham Gentl. Exerc. i. xxvii. 94 The old earth, that hath been scraped of the annealed work. 1633G. Herbert Love-joy in Temple 109, I saw a vine drop grapes with J and C anneal'd on every bunch. 1795Southey Joan of Arc iv. 84 Conspicuous he In arms with azure and with gold anneal'd.
4. Toughened or tempered after fusion. Also fig.
1822J. Imison Sc. & Art I. 391 Annealed copper wire is the best. 1831E. Irving Exp. Rev. I. 95, I am not a hardened and annealed infidel. a1865J. Wylde in Circ. Sc. I. 83/1 Annealed and unannealed glass. |