Definitions
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- adjective Not
annealed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
Etymologies
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Examples
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The rearing horse had stood unannealed at maximum heat on the marver table for three minutes forty seconds when it exploded.
Shattered Francis, Dick 2000
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Hence, Plato introduces Socrates as observing that "the sages who introduced the Teletæ had positively affirmed that whatever soul should arrive in the infernal mansions _unhouselled_ and _unannealed_ should lie there immersed in mire and filth."
Mysticism and its Results Being an Inquiry into the Uses and Abuses of Secrecy John Delafield
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The manufacturer's inspection after annealing also discloses defects not visible in the unannealed state.
The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel 1916
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To cut a piece from an unannealed bar, cut right off with an abrasive saw; do not nick or break.
The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel 1916
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To cut a piece from an unannealed bar, cut right off with an abrasive saw; do not nick or break.
The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel 1916
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'But there!' he said, 'you've penetrated into the heart of the mystery unaided and unannealed, as the saying goes.
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories 1899
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But the one thing she could not bear was that either Frenchmen or Englishmen should die unconfessed, "unhouseled, disappointed, unannealed."
Jeanne d'Arc Oliphant, Mrs. 1896
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He saw the country in full dress, and had little or no opportunity of judging of it unhouselled, unanointed, unannealed, with all its imperfections on its head, as I and my family too often had.
Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain 1872
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He saw the country in full dress, and had little or no opportunity of judging of it unhouselled, unanointed, unannealed, with all its imperfections on its head, as I and my family too often had.
Life on the Mississippi, Part 9. Mark Twain 1872
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He saw the country in full dress, and had little or no opportunity of judging of it unhouselled, unanointed, unannealed, with all its imperfections on its head, as I and my family too often had.
Life on the Mississippi, Part 12. Mark Twain 1872
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