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steeled, ppl. a.|stiːld|
[f. steel n.1 or v. + -ed.]
1. Made of steel, or with the outer surface, edge or point of steel.
a900Cynewulf's Christ 679 Sum mæᵹ styled sweord wæpen ᵹewyrcan. a1225Juliana 58 Ha bigon to breoken al as þat istelet irn to limede hire. c1350Lybeaus Disc. (Kaluza) 976 Wiþ coronals stif and stelde, Eiþer smitte oþer in þe scheld, Wiþ well greet envie. a1400in Rel. Ant. I. 240 Stark strokes thei stryken on a stelyd stokke. 1513Douglas æneis vii. xi. 79 Al instrumentis of pleuch graith, irnit or stelit. 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, i. i. 85 Giue me my steeled Coat. Ile fight for France. 1639Du Verger tr. Camus' Admir. Events 35 He seeks to end his dayes..another time by poison, againe by some steeled weapon. 1747Hooson Miner's Dict. E 2 b, This sort will wear a new steel'd pick off in three or four times Sharping. 1751C. Labelye Piers Westm. Bridge 4 Sharp and well steel'd Drills. 1841Civil Engin. & Arch. Jrnl. IV. 29/1 By the use of steeled tires these evils are henceforth to be avoided.
b. (See steel v. 1 c.)
1890Pall Mall Gaz. 26 Apr. 3/1 Practically all the artist's proofs which find their way into the market are taken from these ‘steeled’ plates.
2. Of a man, army, etc.: Armed or protected with steel.
1596Edw. III, iii. iii. 219 Then thus our steelde Battailes shall be rainged. 1672Dryden 1st Pt. Conq. Granada i. i, On their steel'd Heads their demy-Lances wore Small Pennons which their Ladies Colours bore. 1819Keats Otho i. iii. 67 Amid a camp whose steeled swarms I dar'd But yesterday.
3. Of wine, etc.: Containing an infusion of steel.
1640Parkinson Theat. Bot. 444 Being drunk in steeled or red wine. 1694Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713) 594/2 The Chalybeated or Steeled Syrup.
4. Wearing a ‘steel’ for sharpening knives. nonce-use.
1827Hone Every-day Bk. II. 132 A ‘steeled’ butcher..carries the flag.
5. Of a person, his attributes, etc.: Hardened like steel, insensible to impression, inflexible.
1599Shakes. Hen. V, ii. ii. 36 So seruice shall with steeled sinewes toyle. 1603― Meas. for M. iv. ii. 90 This is a gentle Prouost, sildome when The steeled Gaoler is the friend of men. 1624A. H. in J. Davies' (Heref.) Scourge Paper-Persecutors i. 5 What steeled patience could behold those Dawes Præuaricate the Muses sacred Lawes. 1713Tickell Prosp. Peace 133 Let the steel'd Turk be deaf to Matrons Cries. 1810Shelley Zastrozzi ii. Pr. Wks. 1888 I. 11 His steeled soul persisted in its scheme. 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey iii. v, This last specimen of Mrs. Felix Lorraine was somewhat too much even for the steeled nerves of Vivian Grey. |