Part 461

<i>Young.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A periodic publication, containing records of discoveries, transactions of societies, etc.; <as>as "<ex>Annals</ex> of Science."</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- History. See <er>History</er>.</syn>

<h1>Annats, Annates</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw><hw>An"nats</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An"nates</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Ann</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl. Law)</fld> <def>The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings.</def>

<h1>Anneal</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An*neal"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Annealed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Annealing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>anelen</ets> to heat, burn, AS. <ets>an<?/lan</ets>; <ets>an</ets> on + <ets><?/lan</ets> to burn; also OE. <ets>anelen</ets> to enamel, prob. influenced by OF. <ets>neeler</ets>, <ets>nieler</ets>, to put a black enamel on gold or silver, F. <ets>nieller</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>nigellare</ets> to blacken, fr. L. <ets>nigellus</ets> blackish, dim. of <ets>niger</ets> black. Cf. <er>Niello</er>, <er>Negro</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them.</def>

<h1>Annealer</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An*neal"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, anneals.</def>

<h1>Annealing</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An*neal"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc.</def>

<h1>Annectent</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An*nec"tent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>annectere</ets> to tie or bind to. See <er>Annex</er>.]</ety> <def>Connecting; annexing.</def>

<i>Owen.</i>

<h1>Annelid, Annelidan</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw><hw>An`ne*lid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>An*nel"i*dan</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>ann\'82lide</ets>, fr. <ets>anneler</ets> to arrange in rings, OF. <ets>anel</ets> a ring, fr. L. <ets>anellus</ets> a ring, dim. of <ets>annulus</ets> a ring.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the Annelida.</def> -- <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Annelida.</def>

<h1>Annelida</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An*nel"i*da</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Annelid</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the <spn>Ch\'91topoda</spn>, including the <spn>Oligoch\'91ta</spn> or earthworms and <spn>Polych\'91ta</spn> or marine worms; and the <spn>Hirudinea</spn> or leeches. See <er>Ch\'91topoda</er>.</def>

<h1>Annelidous</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An*nel"i*dous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of the nature of an annelid.</def>

<h1>Annellata</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An`nel*la"ta</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Annelida</er>.</def>

<h1>Anneloid</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An"ne*loid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>annel\'82</ets> ringed + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An animal resembling an annelid.</def>

<h1>Annex</h1> <Xpage=59>

<hw>An*nex"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Annexed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Annexing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>annexer</ets>, fr. L. <ets>annexus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>annectere</ets> to tie or bind to; <ets>ad + nectere</ets> to tie, to fasten together, akin to Skr. <ets>nah</ets> to bind.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by <i>to</i>.</def> "He <i>annexed</i> a codicil to a will."