Steel

stēl, n. iron combined in varying proportions with carbon for making edged tools: any instrument or weapon of steel: an instrument of steel for sharpening knives on: a strip of steel for stiffening a corset: a piece of steel for striking fire from a flint: extreme hardne : a chalybeate medicine.— adj. made of steel: hard, unfeeling.— v.t. to overlay or edge with steel: to harden: to make obdurate.— adj. Steel′-clad , clad with steel-mail.— ns. Steel′-engraving , the art of engraving pictures on steel plates from which impre ions may be taken, the impre ion or print so taken; Steel′ine , state of being steely, great hardne ; Steel′ing , the welding of a steel edge on a cutting instrument; Steel′-pen , a pen-nib made of steel; Steel′-plate , a plate of steel: a plate of polished steel on which a design is engraved, the print taken from such.— adj. Steel′-plāt′ed , plated with steel.— n.pl. Steel′-toys , small articles of steel as buttons, buckles, .— n. Steel′-ware , articles made of steel collectively.— adj. Steel′y , made of steel: steel-like. [A.S. stýle ; Ger. stahl .]