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The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v.

Made of steel; consisting of steel. "The steely point of Clifford's lance." Shak. Around his shop the steely sparkles flew. Gay.

) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards.

Rolled steel in structural shapes.

Hard steel, usually crucible steel, capable of being tempered so as to be suitable for tools.

A steel containing a small amount of tungsten, noted for tenacity and hardness, even under a considerable degree of heat. Magnets made of it are said to be highly permanent. It often contains manganese.

To disarm; to soften. Richardson.

A compound of iron, such as puddled steel, made without complete fusion.

Same as Tungsten steel.

The process of coating the surface of a metal plate (as a stereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of voltaic electricity; steeling.

Lodestone; magnet. [Obs.] "A great adamant of acquaintance." Bacon. As true to thee as steel to adamant. Greene.

declared; positive assertion; formal averment I thought their allegation but reasonable. Steele.

To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen.

An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped.

any degree; at all. You are not to go loose any longer. Shak. Before you go any farther. Steele.

llegiance; renegade. So spake the apostate angel. Milton. A wretched and apostate state. Steele.

A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc. [Written also arbalet and arblast.] Fosbroke.

of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.

Steel or iron covering, whether of ships or forts, protecting them from the fire of artillery. Coat armor, the escutcheon of a person or family, with its several charges and other furniture, as mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc. -- Submarine, a water-tight dress or covering for a diver. See under Submarine.…

Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad. This day will be launched . . . the first armor-plated steam frigate in the possession of Great Britain. Times (Dec. 29, 1860).