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A ladder. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [Written also stey.]

ited horse for state of war; -- used chiefly in poetry or stately prose. "A knight upon a steed." Chaucer. Mounted upon a hot and fiery steed. Shak.

Having no steed; without a horse.

To pierce with a sharp instrument; hence, to stitch; to sew; also, to fix; to fasten. [Scot.]

and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon.

Those goods on a farm, such as corn, cattle, implements husbandry, etc., which may not be carried off by a removing tenant, as being the property of the landlord.

One who points, edges, or covers with steel.

A North Pacific salmon (Salmo Gairdneri) found from Northern California to Siberia; -- called also hardhead, and preesil.

The quality of being steely.

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.

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

See Esteem. [Obs.] Spenser.

A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.

Same as Steinbock.

A lining made of brick, stone, or other hard material, as for a well. [Written also steaning.]

A kind of neckcloth worn in a loose and disorderly fashion.

Bright; glittering; fiery. [Obs.] His eyen steep, and rolling in his head. Chaucer.

Deep and precipitous, having steep descent. [R.] Wash me in steep-down gulfs of liquid fire. Shak.

Lofty and precipitous. [R.] Her stand she takes upon a steep-up hill. Shak.