单词 | resteel |
释义 | resteelv. transitive. To steel again (in various senses of the verb), esp. to replace worn steel on (a metal tool, implement, etc.). Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > work with metal [verb (transitive)] > coat or cover with metal > with specific metal > fit or point with steel resteel1844 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 102 Hammer, re-steeled and hardened. 1851 C. L. Smith tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem Delivered xi. lvii Hope restarts Within him, and his valour is re-steeled. 1868 P. G. Hamerton Etching & Etchers iv. 31 After which the plate may be re-steeled. 1902 J. Milne Miner's Handbk. 53 A smith and striker can resteel 12 sledges per day. 2009 R. C. White A. Lincoln iii. 25 Men in frontier Kentucky and Indiana would ride a hundred miles on horseback to..have their favorite ax resteeled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1844 |
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