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One who steers; steersman. [Obs.] Milton.

To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve. See Steeve, n. (b).

The act or practice of one who steeves.

Any steel containing a notable quantity of some other metal alloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese, tungsten, or vanadium.

The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment.

Steel produced by the basic process.

Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process.

Same as Bheesty. [India]

A hard tough alloy of tin, copper, and iron, which can be used for guns.

Steel deriving its qualities from carbon chiefly, without the presence of other alloying elements; --opposed to alloy steel.

See Cast steel, under Steel.

Steel produced by cementation; blister steel.

Same as Chromium steel, under Steel.

A joint trustee.

Cast steel made by fusing in crucibles crude or scrap steel, wrought iron, and other ingredients and fluxes.

See Damask steel, under Damask.

Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute. Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. Milton.

One who disesteems. Boyle.

Very steep. [Obs.] Florio.

h of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15. Thou shouldst (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence. Bp. Gardiner. Famous men, -- whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly…