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An*neal"ing, n. 1. The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.

2. The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc.

An*nec"tent (&?;), a. [L. annectere to tie or bind to. See Annex.] Connecting; annexing. Owen.

{ An`ne*lid (&?;), An*nel"i*dan (&?;), } a. [F. annélide, fr. anneler to arrange in rings, OF. anel a ring, fr. L. anellus a ring, dim. of annulus a ring.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Annelida. -- n. One of the Annelida.

||An*nel"i*da (&?;), n. pl. [NL. See Annelid.] (Zoöl.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chætopoda, including the Oligochæta or earthworms and Polychæta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chætopoda.

An*nel"i*dous (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Of the nature of an annelid.

||An`nel*la"ta (&?;), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) See Annelida.

An"ne*loid (&?;), n. [F. annelé ringed + -oid.] (Zoöl.) An animal resembling an annelid.

An*nex" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annexed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Annexing.] [F. annexer, fr. L. annexus, p. p. of annectere to tie or bind to; ad + nectere to tie, to fasten together, akin to Skr. nah to bind.] 1. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to. "He annexed a codicil to a will." Johnson.

2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater.

He annexed a province to his kingdom. Johnson.

3. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.

Syn. -- To add; append; affix; unite; coalesce. See Add.

An*nex", v. i. To join; to be united. Tooke.

An*nex" (&?;), n. [F. annexe, L. annexus, neut. annexum, p. p. of annectere.] Something annexed or appended; as, an additional stipulation to a writing, a subsidiary building to a main building; a wing.

An`nex*a"tion (&?;), n. [Cf. F. annexation. See Annex, v. t.] 1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.

2. (a) (Law) The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown. Wharton.

An`nex*a"tion*ist, n. One who favors annexation.

An*nex"er (&?;), n. One who annexes.

An*nex"ion (&?;), n. [L. annexio a tying to, connection: cf. F. annexion.] Annexation. [R.] Shak.

An*nex"ion*ist, n. An annexationist. [R.]

An*nex"ment (&?;), n. The act of annexing, or the thing annexed; appendage. [R.] Shak.

An*ni"hi*la*ble (&?;), a. Capable of being annihilated.

An*ni"hi*late (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annihilated; p. pr. & vb. n. Annihilating.] [L. annihilare; ad + nihilum, nihil, nothing, ne hilum (filum) not a thread, nothing at all. Cf. File, a row.] 1. To reduce to nothing or nonexistence; to destroy the existence of; to cause to cease to be.

It impossible for any body to be utterly annihilated. Bacon.

2. To destroy the form or peculiar distinctive properties of, so that the specific thing no longer exists; as, to annihilate a forest by cutting down the trees. "To annihilate the army." Macaulay.

3. To destroy or eradicate, as a property or attribute of a thing; to make of no effect; to destroy the force, etc., of; as, to annihilate an argument, law, rights, goodness.

An*ni"hi*late (an*n"h*lt), a. Annihilated. [Archaic] Swift.