STEEL, n. G.
1. Iron combined with a small portion of carbon iron refined and hardened, used in making instruments, and particularly useful as the material of edged tools. It is called in chemistry, carburet of iron but this is more usually the denomination of plumbago.
2. Figuratively, weapons particularly, offensive weapons, swords, spears and the like.
Brave Macbeth with his brandishd steel.
-- While doubting thus he stood, receivd the steel bathd in this brothers blood.
3. Medicines composed of steel, as steel fillings.
After relaxing, steel strengthens the solids.
4. Extreme hardness as heads or hearts of steel.
STEEL, a. Made of steel as a steel plate or buckle.
STEEL,
1. To overlay, point or edge with steel as, to steel the point of a sword to steel a razor to steel an ax.
2. To make hard or extremely hard.
O God of battles, steel my soldiers hearts.
Lies well steeld with weighty arguments.
3. To make hard to make insensible or obdurate as, to steel the heart against pity to steel the mind or heart against reproof or admonition.
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