nealing, vbl. n. (and ppl. a.)
(ˈniːlɪŋ)
[f. neal v.]
The action of the verb, in various senses; the process of annealing or tempering.
| 1622 Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 284 By the working, hammering, often nealing and blaunching, which alwaies in base moneys is verie great. 1678 Phil. Trans. XII. 955 Neither was it altogether free from Copper; because, upon Nealing, it always turned black on the surface. 1727–38 Chambers Cycl., Nealing of glass is the baking of glass, to dry, harden, and give it the due consistence, after it has been blown. 1799 G. Smith Laboratory I. 71 Heat soon restores its ductility, which is termed nealing or annealing. 1839 Ure Dict. Arts 47 Annealing or Nealing, a process by which glass is rendered less frangible, and metals..are again rendered malleable. |
b. attrib. or ppl. a.
| 1644 Digby Nat. Bodies viii. (1658) 69 To let it [glass] cool by degrees in such relentings of fire, as they call their nealing heats. 1666 Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual. 169 To deprive it of its spring it needs the violent agitation of a nealing fire. 1722 De Foe Col. Jack (1840) 8 We got into the ash-holes, and nealing-arches in the glass-house. 1745 Phil. Trans. XLIII. 508 Set to cool gradually in what is called the nealing Furnace. |