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English Dictionary: steel by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
steel
n
  1. an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
  2. a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
    Synonym(s): sword, blade, brand, steel
  3. knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod
v
  1. get ready for something difficult or unpleasant [syn: steel, nerve]
  2. cover, plate, or edge with steel
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mild \Mild\, a. [Compar. {Milder}; superl. {Mildest}.] [AS.
      milde; akin to OS. mildi, D. & G. mild, OHG. milti, Icel.
      mildr, Sw. & Dan. mild, Goth. milds; cf. Lith. melas dear,
      Gr. [?] gladdening gifts.]
      Gentle; pleasant; kind; soft; bland; clement; hence, moderate
      in degree or quality; -- the opposite of harsh, severe,
      irritating, violent, disagreeable, etc.; -- applied to
      persons and things; as, a mild disposition; a mild eye; a
      mild air; a mild medicine; a mild insanity.
  
               The rosy morn resigns her light And milder glory to the
               noon.                                                      --Waller.
  
               Adore him as a mild and merciful Being.   --Rogers.
  
      {Mild}, [or] {Low}, {steel}, steel that has but little carbon
            in it and is not readily hardened.
  
      Syn: Soft; gentle; bland; calm; tranquil; soothing; pleasant;
               placid; meek; kind; tender; indulgent; clement;
               mollifying; lenitive; assuasive. See {Gentle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Merchant \Mer"chant\, a.
      Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as,
      the merchant service.
  
      {Merchant bar}, {Merchant iron} [or] {steel}, certain common
            sizes of wrought iron and steel bars.
  
      {Merchant service}, the mercantile marine of a country. --Am.
            Cyc.
  
      {Merchant ship}, a ship employed in commerce.
  
      {Merchant tailor}, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for
            the garments which he makes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Steel \Steel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Steeled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Steeling}.] [AS. stlan: cf. Icel. st[91]la. See {Steel}, n.]
      1. To overlay, point, or edge with steel; as, to steel a
            razor; to steel an ax.
  
      2. To make hard or strong; hence, to make insensible or
            obdurate.
  
                     Lies well steeled with weighty arguments. --Shak.
  
                     O God of battles! steel my soldier's hearts. --Shak.
  
                     Why will you fight against so sweet a passion, And
                     steel your heart to such a world of charms?
                                                                              --Addison.
  
      3. Fig.: To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothness,
            polish, or other qualities.
  
                     These waters, steeled By breezeless air to smoothest
                     polish.                                             --Wordsworth.
  
      4. (Elec.) To cover, as an electrotype plate, with a thin
            layer of iron by electrolysis. The iron thus deposited is
            very hard, like steel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Steel \Steel\, n. [AS. st[c7]l, st[df]l, st[df]le; akin to D.
      staal, G. stahl, OHG. stahal, Icel. st[be]l, Dan. staal, Sw.
      st[86]l, Old Prussian stakla.]
      1. (Metal) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and
            properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing
            between one half of one per cent and one 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.
  
      2. An instrument or implement made of steel; as:
            (a) A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc. [bd]Brave Macbeth .
                  . . with his brandished steel.[b8] --Shak.
  
                           While doubting thus he stood, Received the steel
                           bathed in his brother's blood.      --Dryden.
            (b) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for
                  sharpening knives.
            (c) A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint.
  
      3. Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is
            characterized by sternness or rigor. [bd]Heads of
            steel.[b8] --Johnson. [bd]Manhood's heart of steel.[b8]
            --Byron.
  
      4. (Med.) A chalybeate medicine. --Dunglison.
  
      Note: Steel is often used in the formation of compounds,
               generally of obvious meaning; as, steel-clad,
               steel-girt, steel-hearted, steel-plated, steel-pointed,
               etc.
  
      {Bessemer steel} (Metal.) See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Blister steel}. (Metal.) See under {Blister}.
  
      {Cast steel} (Metal.), a fine variety of steel, originally
            made by smelting blister or cementation steel; hence,
            ordinarily, steel of any process of production when
            remelted and cast.
  
      {Cromium steel} (Metal.), a hard, tenacious variety
            containing a little cromium, and somewhat resembling
            {tungsten steel}.
  
      {Mild steel} (Metal.), a kind of steel having a lower
            proportion of carbon than ordinary steel, rendering it
            softer and more malleable.
  
      {Puddled steel} (Metal.), a variety of steel produced from
            cast iron by the puddling process.
  
      {Steel duck} (Zo[94]l.), the goosander, or merganser. [Prov.
            Eng.]
  
      {Steel mill}.
            (a) (Firearms) See {Wheel lock}, under {Wheel}.
            (b) A mill which has steel grinding surfaces.
            (c) A mill where steel is manufactured.
  
      {Steel trap}, a trap for catching wild animals. It consists
            of two iron jaws, which close by means of a powerful steel
            spring when the animal disturbs the catch, or tongue, by
            which they are kept open.
  
      {Steel wine}, wine, usually sherry, in which steel filings
            have been placed for a considerable time, -- used as a
            medicine.
  
      {Tincture of steel} (Med.), an alcoholic solution of the
            chloride of iron.
  
      {Tungsten steel} (Metal.), a variety of steel containing a
            small amount of tungsten, and noted for its tenacity and
            hardness, as well as for its malleability and tempering
            qualities. It is also noted for its magnetic properties.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Steel
      The "bow of steel" in (A.V.) 2 Sam. 22:35; Job 20:24; Ps. 18:34
      is in the Revised Version "bow of brass" (Heb.
      kesheth-nehushah). In Jer. 15:12 the same word is used, and is
      also rendered in the Revised Version "brass." But more correctly
      it is copper (q.v.), as brass in the ordinary sense of the word
      (an alloy of copper and zinc) was not known to the ancients.
     
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