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steel
I. \ˈstēl, esp before pause or consonant -ēəl\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English stele, stel, from Old English stēle, stȳle; akin to Old High German stahal steel, Old Norse stāl, Sanskrit stakati he resists
1. : commercial iron that contains carbon in any amount up to about 1.7 percent as an essential alloying constituent, is malleable when under suitable conditions, is distinguished from cast iron by its malleability and lower carbon content and when of low carbon content from wrought iron by its freedom from slag and by its method of manufacture, and is now usually produced by refining molten pig iron in a bath that remains completely molten throughout the process — see alloy steel, bessemer steel, carbon steel, electric steel, mild steel, stainless steel; bessemer process, open-hearth process
2.
a. : steel as a material for manufactured articles
b. : articles characteristically made of steel
c. : the steel part of an article (as the blade of a knife)
3. : an instrument or implement of or characteristically of steel: as
a.
(1) : weapon; especially : one for thrusting or cutting — see cold steel
(2) : weapons or armaments of steel
< invaders were driven back by steel >
< evils, for which the only remedy is blood and steel — John Buchan >
b. : an instrument for sharpening knives; especially : a fluted round rod fitted with a handle and used for this purpose
< butcher's steel >
c. : a piece of steel for striking sparks from flint
d. : rail 3a,3b(3)
< lay steel >
< end of steel >
e. : a strip of steel used (as in corsets) for stiffening — compare bone 5b
4. : a steellike quality
< lacked the steel a conquistador must have — Bernard De Voto >
< the cold steel of the intellect — Edward Sapir >
5. : steel gray
6.
a. : the steel manufacturing industry : steel manufacturing companies
< the growth of steel since the end of the war — Howard Marshall >
< Big Steel >
b. steels plural : stocks or bonds of steel companies
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English stelen, from stele steel
1.
a. : to overlay, point, or edge with steel
< steel a razor >
< steel an ax >
specifically : to provide (an electrotype) with a nickel or iron-nickel compound face
b. : case harden
2.
a. : to cause to resemble steel (as in looks or hardness)
b. : to make hard or unbending : fill with strong resolution, unyielding determination, or stark insensibility
< was sick of the bareness and privation … but was steeling himself to hold out — Theodore Dreiser >
< charge high rates and steel their hearts against all compassion — G.G.Coulton >
< strive rather to steel them in a new and finer way — E.A.Mowrer >
Synonyms: see encourage
III. adjective
Etymology: steel (I)
1. : made of steel
< steel plate >
< steel castings >
< steel pen >
2. : of or relating to the production of steel
< the steel industry >
< steel furnace >
3. : resembling steel in one or more characteristics
< steel nerves >
< steel courage >
— often used in combination
< steel-jawed >
< steel-willed > |