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Worthy of esteem; estimable. [R.] "Esteemable qualities." Pope.

One who esteems; one who sets a high value on any thing. The proudest esteemer of his own parts. Locke.

Steel hardened by the addition of other elements, as manganese, phosphorus, or (usually) carbon.

Steel containing a high percentage of carbon; high-carbon steel.

Same as Wootz.

Steel cast in ingots from the Bessemer converter or open-hearth furnace.

To steep or soak; to drench. [R.] "In gore he lay insteeped." Shak.

A steering gear, esp. for an automobile, not affected by the road wheels, as when they strike an obstacle side ways, but easily controlled by the hand wheel or steering lever.

See under Low.

Cast steel containing a considerable percentage of manganese, which makes it very hard and tough. See Alloy steel, above.

gostana). The tree grows to the height of eighteen feet, and bears fruit also called mangosteen, of the size of a small apple, the pulp of which is very delicious food.

spring of a white person and a quadroon; -- so called in the West Indies. [Written also mustee.]

Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson.

See Mestee.

A sort of steel which has been found where a burning coal seam had reduced and carbonized adjacent iron ore.

Steel made by the direct refining of cast iron in a finery, or, as wootz, by a direct process from the ore.

A kind of cast steel containing nickel, which greatly increases its strength. It is used for armor plate, bicycle tubing, propeller shafts, etc.

See under Open.

A steel in which the amount of phosphorus exceeds that of carbon.

The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency.