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Language: Old English
Origin: onælan, from ælan 'to set on fire, burn'

anneal

 verb
     
Related topics: Industry, Glass
an‧neal [transitive] technical
TIGTI to make metal or glass hard by heating it and then slowly letting it get cold
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