n. [ AS. stēl, st&ymacr_;l, st&ymacr_;le; akin to D. staal, G. stahl, OHG. stahal, Icel. stāl, Dan. staal, Sw. stål, Old Prussian stakla. ]
While doubting thus he stood,
Received the steel bathed in his brother's blood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Steel is often used in the formation of compounds, generally of obvious meaning; as, steel-clad, steel-girt, steel-hearted, steel-plated, steel-pointed, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bessemer steel (Metal.)
Blister steel. (Metal.)
Cast steel (Metal.),
Chrome steel,
Chromium steel
Mild steel (Metal.),
Puddled steel (Metal.),
Steel duck (Zool.),
Steel mill.
Steel trap,
Steel wine,
Tincture of steel (Med.),
Tungsten steel (Metal.),
v. t.
Lies well steeled with weighty arguments. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
O God of battles! steel my soldiers' hearts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Why will you fight against so sweet a passion,
And steel your heart to such a world of charms? Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
These waters, steeled
By breezeless air to smoothest polish. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Scots Law) Those goods on a farm, such as corn, cattle, implements of husbandry, etc., which may not be carried off by a removing tenant, as being the property of the landlord. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Shipbuilding) Same as Stealer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who points, edges, or covers with steel. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. The quality of being steely. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Around his shop the steely sparkles flew. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]
She would unarm her noble heart of that steely resistance against the sweet blows of love. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
Steely iron,
n. [ So named from a place in London called the Steelyard, which was a yard in which steel was sold. ] A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards. [ 1913 Webster ]