steeledadj.
/stiːld/ 1.
a. Made of steel, or with the outer surface, edge or point of steel.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > [adjective] > made of steel
steeledOE
steelena1175
steelc1400
steely1590
OE Cynewulf Crist II 679 Sum mæg styled sweord wæpen gewyrcan.
a1225 Juliana 58 Ha bigon to breoken al as þat istelet irn to limede hire.
c1350 Lybeaus Disc. (Kaluza) 976 Wiþ coronals stif and stelde, Eiþer smitte oþer in þe scheld, Wiþ well greet envie.
?a1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 240 Stark strokes thei stryken on a stelyd stokke.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. xi. 79 Al instrumentis of pleuch graith, irnit or stelit.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. i. 85 Giue me my steeled [printed fteeled] Coat, Ile fight for France. View more context for this quotation
1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 35 He seeks to end his dayes..another time by poison, againe by some steeled weapon.
1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. E2b This sort will wear a new steel'd pick off in three or four times Sharping.
1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 4 Sharp and well steel'd Drills.
1841 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 4 29/1 By the use of steeled tires these evils are henceforth to be avoided.
b. (See steel v. 1c.)
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [adjective] > steel-faced (of plate)
steeled1890
1890 Pall 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.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [adjective] > clad in or protected by armour
armedc1300
wrienc1330
steel-clada1400
armed at (also of) all piecesc1400
harnessedc1460
enarmedc1540
armoured1564
steeled1596
iron-clothed1728
armour-clad1768
hoplomachic1832
well-armoured1852
brazen-mailed1870
pamphract1890
1596 Raigne of Edward III sig. F4v Then this our steelde Battailes shall be rainged. View more context for this quotation
1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. i. i. 2 On their steel'd heads their demy-Lances wore Small pennons, which their Ladies colours bore.
a1821 J. Keats Otho i. iii, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 132 Amid a camp, whose steeled swarms I dared But yesterday?
3. Of wine, etc.: Containing an infusion of steel.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > having infusion of steel
steeled1640
1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 444 Being drunk in steeled or red wine.
1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. xvi. 767/2 Another Chalybeated or Steeled Syrup.
4. Wearing a ‘steel’ for sharpening knives.Apparently an isolated use.
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1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 132 A ‘steeled butcher’..carries the flag.
5. Of a person, his attributes, etc.: Hardened like steel, insensible to impression, inflexible.
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > callous or hard-hearted
hard hearteOE
steelena1000
hardOE
hard-heartedc1225
stony?c1230
yhert1340
dure1412
hardedc1425
induratec1425
stonishc1450
hardenedc1480
steely1508
flinty1536
endured1540
stiff-stomached1540
heartless1556
indured1558
flint-hearted1560
iron1561
marble1565
stone-hearted?1569
stony-hearted1569
iron-hearted1570
steel-hearted1571
rocky?1578
brawned1582
flinted1582
padded1583
obdure?1590
brawny1596
flintful1596
flint-heart1596
steeled1600
cauterized1603
indurated1604
flinty-hearted1629
ahenean1630
dedolent1633
brawny-hearteda1639
hard-grained1643
callous1647
upsitten1682
seared1684
petrified1720
calloused1746
coreless1813
pebble-hearted1816
hard-shelled1848
hard-plucked1857
steel trap1921
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible
ironOE
stour1303
strange1338
unmovablea1382
inflexible1398
stoutc1410
unpliablea1425
intreatable1509
stiff1526
stiff-necked1526
unpliant1547
stout-hearted1552
inexorable1553
obstinate1559
strait-laced1560
impersuasible1576
unflexiblea1586
hard-edged1589
adamantive1594
unyielding1594
adder-deaf1597
steeled1600
irrefragable1601
rigid1606
unpersuadable1607
imployable1613
unswayablea1616
uncompellable1623
inflexive?1624
over-rigid1632
unlimbera1639
seta1640
incomplying1640
uncomplying1643
stiff-girt1659
impersuadable1680
unbendinga1688
impracticable1713
unblendable1716
stiff-rumped1728
unconvinciblea1747
uncompounding1782
unplastic1787
unbending1796
adamant1816
uneasy1819
uncompromising1828
cast iron1829
hard-hitting1831
rigoristic1844
ramrod1850
pincé1858
anchylosed1860
unbendable1884
tape-bound1900
tape-tied1900
hard line1903
tough1905
absolutist1907
hard-arsed1942
go-for-broke1946
hardcore1951
hard-arse1966
hard-ass1967
hardball1974
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V ii. ii. 36 So seruice shall with steeled sinewes shine.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 88 This is a gentle Prouost, sildome when The steeled Gaoler is the friend of men. View more context for this quotation
1624 A. H. in J. Davies' (Heref.) Scourge Paper-Persecutors i. 5 What steeled patience could behold those Dawes Præuaricate the Muses sacred Lawes.
1713 T. Tickell On Prospect of Peace 133 Let the steel'd Turk be deaf to Matrons Cries.
1810 P. B. Shelley Zastrozzi ii. 20 His steeled soul persisted in its scheme.
1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iii. v. 49 This last specimen of Mrs. Felix Lorraine was somewhat too much, even for the steeled nerves of Vivian Grey.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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