steel clad

Clad in steel or armor; mailed. "No longer steel - clad warriors ride Along thy wild and willowed shore." Scott : Lay of the Last Minstrel , iv. 1. 3846 steel, v. t. [A. S. stýlan; Icel. stála; German stahlen.] steepled *2. Not easily acce ible; lofty, elevated, high. 3. High-priced, dear. ( Slang.) B. As subst.: A precipitous place; a rock or hill I. Lit .: To point, overlay, or edge with steel. "He had in his hande a great glaue, sharpe and well sloping with a large angle to the plane of the hori- stelyd."-Berners: Froi art; Cronycle, vol. i., ch. lix. II. Figuratively: 1. To fortify as with steel; to make hard, stubborn, obdurate, callous, or unfeeling; to harden, to strengthen. "Tempered their headlong rage, their courage steeled." Scott: Don Roderick, xiv. (Concl.) 2. To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothne , polish, or other qualities. steēle-ite, subst. [After Mr. J. Steele; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min.: An altered variety of mordenite (q. v.), occurring in spheres varying in size from one to two and a half inches in diameter at Cape Split, Nova Scotia. steel-er, s. [Etym. doubtful.] Shipwright. The foremost or aftermost plank in a strake, which is dropped short of the stern or stern-post of a ve el. steel-Ině , subst . [Eng. steely; -ne .] The quality or state of being steely; extreme hardne . steel-ing, pr . par . & s. [STEEL, v .] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As substantive : 1. The proce of welding a piece of steel on that part of a cutting instrument which is to receive the edge. zon; a precipice. "So eagerly the fiend O'er bog, or steep , through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way." Milton: P. L. , ii. 948. *steep-down, a. Precipitous. "Wash me in steep - down gulfs of liquid fire." Shakesp.: Othello , v. 2. †steep-gra , steep-weed, steep-wort, s . Bot .: Pinguicula vulgar is . steep, *stepe, *stepyn, *steepe, v . t . [Icel. steypa =to make to stoop, to pour out liquids, to cast metals; stúpa =to stoop (q. v.); Sw. stop a to cast (metals), to steep, to sink; Dan. stobe =to cast (metals); stob =the steeping of grain, steeped corn.] 1. To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to dip and soak in a liquid, to imbue; to extract the e ence by soaking. "A sop in honey steep'd to charm the guard." Dryden: Virgil's Eneid , vi. 567. 2. To wet, to make wet. "That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe Her dainty couch with teares, which closely she did weepe.' Spenser: F. Q., III. ii. 28. 3. To imbue thoroughly. "With tongue in venom steeped." Shakesp.: Hamlet, ii. 2. steep, *steepe, s. [STEΕΡ, ν.] 1. Something steeped or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid in which seeds are steeped to quicken steel. IMG:content-0259.png:[blocks in formation] 1. A piece of steel flattened or extended to an even surface, and of uniform thickne . They are used as armor for the sides of warships, and other purposes. 2. A plate of polished steel, on which a design is engraved for the purpose of transferring it to paper, ., by impre ing or printing. 3. An impre ion or plate taken from an engraved steel-plate; a steel engraving.