Defn: See 2d Neif. Shak.
NEAL
Neal, v. t.
Defn: To anneal. [R.] Chaucer.
NEAL
Neal, v. i.
Defn: To be tempered by heat. [R.] Bacon.
NEANDERTHAL; NEANDERTHAL RACE; NEANDERTHAL MAN
Ne*an"der*thal`, a. (Anthropol.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or named from, the Neanderthal, a valley in the Rhine Province, in which were found parts of a skeleton of an early type of man. The skull is characterized by extreme dolichocephaly, flat, retreating forehead, with closed frontal sutures, and enormous superciliary ridges. The cranial capacity is estimated at about 1,220 cubic centimeters, being about midway between that of the Pithecanthropus and modern man. Hence, designating the Neanderthal race, or man, a species supposed to have been widespread in paleolithic Europe.
NEANDERTHALOID
Ne*an`der*thal"oid, a. [Neanderthal + -oid.] (Anthropol.)
Defn: Like, or pertaining to, the Neanderthal skull, or the type of man it represents.
NEAP
Neap, n. Etym: [Cf. Neb, Nape.]