To anneal.

To be tempered by heat.

Mr. Neal of Dover was meeting with equally good results, having baptized as many as 162 Negroes within eight months. – The History of the Negro Church by Carter Godwin Woodson

The man was leaving the station, and as he passed out, for a moment he turned his face toward the crowd within; and Mr. Neal knew then that he had not been mistaken. – The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Various

Every day of these twenty- odd years, if we except Sundays and holidays, Mr. Neal had spent an hour and a half on subway trains. – The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Various

Neal Ward, like his father, had books and papers before him, but his attention was not fixed on them. – The Northern Iron 1907 by George A. Birmingham

The success of the movement is due, in a great measure, to the work of the National Secretary, Miss Cora Neal, who built up the organization during the most difficult years of its existence. – How Girls Can Help Their Country by Juliette Low Agnes Baden-Powell Robert Baden-Powell

Neal, who was largely responsible for the triumph, received a ten- dollar bill. – Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Albert Bigelow Paine Last Updated: February 20, 2009

" Sir," said the Great Neal, in the manner of Samuel Johnson, " when the dropper is properly attached, as I attach it, two aspects of the lure are presented to the fish, the one fly moving through the water, the other dancing an inch or so above. – The So-called Human Race by Bert Leston Taylor

It could scarcely be expected that Neal would bear this. – Stories by English Authors: Ireland by Various

By Miss Neal and F. Kidson. – The Life-Story of Insects by Geo. H. Carpenter

I shall strongly advise dear Neal to consider this. – Peggy Stewart at School by Gabrielle E. Jackson

Father Neal, old Peter Hayes, or-" " I'll just tell you at once," broke she in, half irritated at the suggested source of her information. – The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever

I met Tom Neal. – Steve Yeager by William MacLeod Raine

In the early part of the month of May he was overtaken by a messenger named Neal, who informed him that Lieutenant Gillespie, an agent of the Government at Washington, was on his way, charged with the delivery of letters, and with verbal instructions from the authorities. – Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 by George Boutwell

" Captain Neal," she cried, before she had fairly reached him. – Some Three Hundred Years Ago by Edith Gilman Brewster

John Goodwin, distinguished as a minister and a prolific writer on the people's side, had dedicated in 1649 to the House of Commons his Obstructours of Justice, in which he defended the execution of Charles I. He based his case, indeed, after the fashion of those days, too completely on Biblical texts to suit our modern taste; but his book is far from being the " very weak and inconclusive performance" of which Neal speaks in his history of the Puritans. – Books Condemned to be Burnt by James Anson Farrer

I'll let you have it as long as you want to stay here, and I'll give you my private servant, Neal, who's been here all his life and knows every official, every Senator and Representative, and they all know him. – Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Albert Bigelow Paine Last Updated: February 20, 2009

And as ill- design seldom waits long for an opportunity, so the death of his first master, and his being turned over to a second, much less careful and diligent to his business, furnished Neal with the occasion he wanted. – Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences by Arthur L. Hayward

Neal and the girl sat silent. – The Northern Iron 1907 by George A. Birmingham

I never can get in when I want to, but Neal can get in, and he'll unlock it for you. – Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Albert Bigelow Paine Last Updated: February 20, 2009