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nealing

nealing is the present participle and gerund of neal.

Meaning of neal

Verb

neal (third-person singular simple present neals, present participle nealing, simple past and past participle nealed)

  1. (transitive) To temper by heat.
  2. (intransitive) To be tempered by heat.
    • We laid this Glass[…]warily upon a few Quick-coals, and having suffered it to neal awhile1684, Robert Boyle, Essay on the Porousness of Solid Bodies

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Questions about nealing

What is nealing the present participle and gerund of?
Nealing is the present participle and gerund of neal.

Words near nealing in the dictionary

  1. nealbarbital
  2. Neale
  3. nealed
  4. Nealey
  5. Nealeys
  6. nealing
  7. nealite
  8. neallotype
  9. nealogic
  10. nealogy
  11. Nealon

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