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ce by Shakespeare to designate plants in general, or anything that is planted. As true as steel, as plantage to the moon. Shak. (Troil. iii. sc. 2).

rass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments.

of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.

A coating or defensive armor of metal (usually steel) plates.

A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs. Shak.

yptocephalus cynoglossus), native of the northern coasts of Europe and America, and much esteemed as a food fish; -- called also craig flounder, and pole fluke. -- Pole lathe, a simple form of lathe, or a substitute for a lathe, in which the work is turned by means of a cord passing around it, one end being fastened t…

me smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well. Bacon.

The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book. A popularity which has lasted down to our time. Macaulay.

r quartz, are disseminated. There are red, purple, and green varieties, which are highly esteemed as marbles. Porphyry shell (Zoöl.), a handsome marine gastropod shell (Oliva porphyria), having a dark red or brown polished surface, marked with light spots, like porphyry.

To stretch out before. [R.] "Doomed to feel the great Idomeneus' portended steel." Pope.

A bar of iron or steel at the end of which a forging is made; esp., a long, large bar, to the end of which a heavy forging is attached, and by means of which the forging is lifted and handled is hammering and heating; -- called also porter bar.

emptorily; dogmatically; -- opposed to negatively. Good and evil which is removed may be esteemed good or evil comparatively, and positively simply. Bacon. Give me some breath, some little pause, my lord, Before I positively speak herein. Shak. I would ask . . . whether . . . the divine law does not positively require…

To spring or bound, as a horse in high mettle. Now rule thy prancing steed. Gay.

Of great value or worth; very valuable; highly esteemed; dear; beloved; as, precious recollections. She is more precious than rules. Prov. iii. 15. Many things which are most precious are neglected only because the value of them lieth hid. Hooker.

A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff. Where wealth like fruit on precipices grew. Dryden.

Falling, flowing, or rushing, with steep descent; headlong. Precipitate the furious torrent flows. Prior.

Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.

Previous esteem or estimation. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Tending to invite favor; attracting confidence, favor, esteem, or love; attractive; as, a prepossessing manner. -- Pre`pos*sess"ing*ly, adv.

; noble company. Odmar, of all this presence does contain, Give her your wreath whom you esteem most fair. Dryden.