A person or device that anneals glass or metal by heating and cooling it in a controlled manner.
From 'anneal' plus '-er' (agent suffix); refers to either a skilled worker performing annealing or the industrial furnace equipment used for the process.
Master glass annealer were highly valued craftspeople—they had to understand temperature control intuitively before we had thermometers, making them part scientist and part artist!
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