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The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat.

A wire basket on the end of a rod to carry glass bottles, etc., to the annealing furnace; also, an iron rod to be thrust into the mouths of bottles, and used for the same purpose; -- calles also pontee and punty.

An annealing oven. See Leer, n.

A name sometimes applied to the process of annealing metals.

A sheet-iron cover for articles in a leer or annealing arch, to protect them from drafts. Omnibus bill, a legislative bill which provides for a number of miscellaneous enactments or appropriations. [Parliamentary Cant, U.S.] -- Omnibus box, a large box in a theater, on a level with the stage and having communication wi…

The fireplace at the side of an annealing oven. Knight.