Neal
A patronymic surname derived from Niall.
A male given name from Irish, transferred from the surname.
A male given name, variant of Neil.
• Alne, ELAN, Lane, Lean, Lena, Nale, elan, enal, lane, lean, nale, Ă©lan
neal (third-person singular simple present neals, present participle nealing, simple past and past participle nealed)
(transitive) To temper by heat.
(intransitive) To be tempered by heat.
• Alne, ELAN, Lane, Lean, Lena, Nale, elan, enal, lane, lean, nale, Ă©lan
Source: Wiktionary
Neal, v. t.
Definition: To anneal. [R.] Chaucer.
Neal, v. i.
Definition: To be tempered by heat. [R.] Bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 June 2025
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
