steel

& a. [A. S. stél, stéle, stýle; cogn. with Dut. staal; Icel. stál; Dan. staal; Sw. stal; O. Н. Ger. stahal: Ger. stahl.] IMG:content-0257.png:[blocks in formation] some porphyritic rocks near Ilmenau, Thu ring i a. ste-a-tite, s. [ Gr.stear (gen it. steatos )=tallow, hard fat.] The ste at it is of Pliny.] Mineralogy : 1. A term including all the ma ive and crystal line-ma ive varieties of talc (q. v.). 2. The same as SAPONITE (q. v.).