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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.

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

A rule steelyard. [Scot.]

A steelyard for weighting grain.

The sliding weight on a steelyard. [Written also pee.]

ddles the beam of a balance, along which it can be moved in the manner of the weight on a steelyard.

its freedom from iron. -- Roman balance, a form of balance nearly resembling the modern steelyard. See the Note under Balance, n., 1. -- Roman candle, a kind of firework (generally held in the hand), characterized by the continued emission of shower of sparks, and the ejection, at intervals, of brilliant balls or st…

A weighing apparatus with a sliding weight, resembling a steelyard.

The quality of being steely.

s. or Scot.] Gower. So much woe as I have with you tholed. Chaucer. To thole the winter's steely dribble. Burns.

A steelyard. [Prov. Eng.]

A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; -- also called weighmaster's beam.