v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Annealed p. pr. & vb. n. Annealing. ] [ OE. anelen to heat, burn, AS. an&unr_;lan; an on + &unr_;lan to burn; also OE. anelen to enamel, prob. influenced by OF. neeler, nieler, to put a black enamel on gold or silver, F. nieller, fr. LL. nigellare to blacken, fr. L. nigellus blackish, dim. of niger black. Cf. Niello, Negro. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, anneals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. annectere to tie or bind to. See Annex. ] Connecting; annexing. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Annelid. ] (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ F. annélide, fr. anneler to arrange in rings, OF. anel a ring, fr. L. anellus a ring, dim. of annulus a ring. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Annelida. -- n. One of the Annelida. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of the nature of an annelid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) See Annelida. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. annelé ringed + -oid. ] (Zool.) An animal resembling an annelid. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To join or add, as a smaller thing to a greater. [ 1913 Webster ]

He annexed a province to his kingdom. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To add; append; affix; unite; coalesce. See Add. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To join; to be united. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favors annexation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who annexes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. annexio a tying to, connection: cf. F. annexion. ] Annexation. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An annexationist. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of annexing, or the thing annexed; appendage. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL.; pref. archi- + annelida. ] (Zool.) A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. banere, OF. baniere, F. bannière, bandière, fr. LL. baneria, banderia, fr. bandum banner, fr. OHG. bant band, strip of cloth; cf. bindan to bind, Goth. bandwa, bandwo, a sign. See Band, n. ] 1. A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hang out our banners on the outward walls. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Banner fish (Zool.), a large fish of the genus Histiophorus, of the Swordfish family, having a broad bannerlike dorsal fin; the sailfish. One species (Histiophorus Americanus) inhabits the North Atlantic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with, or bearing, banners. “A bannered host.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ OE. baneret, OF. baneret, F. banneret; properly a dim. of OF. baniere. See Banner. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Originally, a knight who led his vassals into the field under his own banner; -- commonly used as a title of rank. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A title of rank, conferred for heroic deeds, and hence, an order of knighthood; also, the person bearing such title or rank. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The usual mode of conferring the rank on the field of battle was by cutting or tearing off the point of the pennon or pointed flag on the spear of the candidate, thereby making it a banner. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A civil officer in some Swiss cantons. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A small banner. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A banderole; esp. a banner displayed at a funeral procession and set over the tomb. See Banderole. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. Recorded; in contrast with live; -- used of sound or video broadcasts.
Syn. -- filmed, taped, tape-recorded. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. Sealed in a can or jar.
Syn. -- tinned. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Cf. Icel. kenn skilled, learned, or E. canny. Cf. Kenn. ] [ North of Eng. & Scot. ] 1. Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Skillful; knowing; capable. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Cautious; prudent; safe.. Ramsay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Having pleasing or useful qualities; gentle. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Reputed to have magical powers. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

No canny, not safe, not fortunate; unpropitious. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Corrupt. fr. candle coal. ] A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., pop., fluted. ] (Textiles) A style of interweaving giving to fabrics a channeled or fluted effect; also, a fabric woven so as to have this effect; a rep. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a tubular pasta filled with meat or cheese. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F., fr. canneler to groove. ] (Mil.) A groove in any cylinder; specif., a groove around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling. Also, a groove around the base of a cartridge, where the extractor takes hold. -- Can"ne*lured a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

See Cotton flannel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. chanel, canel, OF. chanel, F. chenel, fr. L. canalis. See Canal. ] 1. The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geog.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That through which anything passes; a means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels. [ 1913 Webster ]

The veins are converging channels. Dalton. [ 1913 Webster ]

At best, he is but a channel to convey to the National assembly such matter as may import that body to know. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. pl. [ Cf. Chain wales. ] (Naut.) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. pl. official routes of communication, especially the official means by which information should be transmitted in a bureaucracy; as, to submit a request through channels; you have to go through channels. [ PJC ]

8. a band of electromagnetic wave frequencies that is used for one-way or two-way radio communication; especially, the frequency bands assigned by the FTC for use in television broadcasting, and designated by a specific number; as, channel 2 in New York is owned by CBS. [ PJC ]

9. one of the signals in an electronic device which receives or sends more than one signal simultaneously, as in stereophonic radios, records, or CD players, or in measuring equipment which gathers multiple measurements simultaneously. [ PJC ]

10. (Cell biology) an opening in a cell membrane which serves to actively transport or allow passive transport of substances across the membrane; as, an ion channel in a nerve cell. [ PJC ]

11. (Computers) a path for transmission of signals between devices within a computer or between a computer and an external device; as, a DMA channel. [ PJC ]

Channel bar,
Channel iron (Arch.), an iron bar or beam having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel. --
Channel bill (Zool.), a very large Australian cuckoo (Scythrops Novæhollandiæ. --
Channel goose. (Zool.) See Gannet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Channeled or Channelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Channeling, or Channelling. ] 1. To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove. [ 1913 Webster ]

No more shall trenching war channel her fields. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To course through or over, as in a channel. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of forming a channel or channels. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A channel or a system of channels; a groove. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Consonance with the doctrines of Christianity. [ Obs. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cl&unr_;nnes. See Clean. ] 1. The state or quality of being clean. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To annex with something else. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The ancient battle standard of Denmark, bearing figures of cross and crown. [ 1913 Webster ]

Order of Dannebrog, an ancient Danish order of knighthood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To disunite; to undo or repeal the annexation of. State Trials (1608). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make run in a channel. “Its waters were enchanneled.” Sir D. Brewster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim., from same source as fanon. ] Same as Fanon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who fans. Jer. li. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fan wheel; a fan blower. See under Fan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. flanelle, cf. OF. flaine a pillowcase, a mattress (?); fr. W. gwlanen flannel, fr. gwlan wool; prob. akin to E. wool. Cf. Wool. ] 1. A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a cotton fabric with a thick nap on one side, resembling flannel{ 1 }; it is used, e. g. for underwear or sheets; also called flanellette. [ PJC ]

3. pl. garments made of flannel, especially underwear. [ PJC ]

4. a washcloth. [ Brit. ] [ PJC ]

5. humbug; nonsensical or evasive talk. [ Brit. informal ] [ PJC ]

6. insincere flattery or praise. [ Brit. informal ] [ PJC ]

Adam's flannel. (Bot.) See under Adam. --
Canton flannel,
Cotton flannel. See Cotton flannel, under Cotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and Northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers.
Syn. -- California beauty. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle; a pancake; a flapjack.
Syn. -- pancake, battercake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hotcake, hot cake. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Covered or wrapped in flannel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a cotton imitation of flannel.
Syn. -- flannel{ 2 }. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. (Bot.) (a) The common mullein. (b) A Brazilian apocynaceous vine (Macrosiphonia longiflora) having woolly leaves. (c) An umbelliferous Australian flower (Actinotus helianthi), often erroneously thought to be composite. The involucre looks as if cut out of white flannel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Made or consisting of flannel. [ Obs. ] “Flannen robes.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Mining) A moving, inclined, endless apron on which ore is concentrated by a current of water; a kind of buddle. [ 1913 Webster ]