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Neal

//niːl// name, verb

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic] derived from Niall.
  2. 2
    A male given name from Irish, transferred from the surname.
  3. 3
    A male given name, variant of Neil.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Pike County, Georgia.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Illinois.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Greenwood County, Kansas.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A hamlet in Boyd County, Kentucky, opposite Neal, West Virginia.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Long Lake Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia.
Verb
  1. 1
    To temper by heat. transitive
  2. 2
    To be tempered by heat. intransitive

    "We laid this Glass[…]warily upon a few Quick-coals, and having suffered it to neal awhile"

Etymology

See anneal.

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