Bessemer Steel :: Bessemer steel () Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process..

Cast Steel :: Cast steel () See Cast steel, under Steel..

Semisteel :: Semisteel (n.) Puddled steel.

Steel :: Steik (v. t.) To pierce with a sharp instrument; hence, to stitch; to sew; also, to fix; to fasten..

Steel :: Steel (n.) 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..

Steel :: Steel (n.) An instrument or implement made of stee.

Steel :: Steel (n.) A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc..

Steel :: Steel (n.) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives.

Steel :: Steel (n.) A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint.

Steel :: Steel (n.) Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor.

Steel :: Steeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stee.

Steel :: Steel (n.) To overlay, point, or edge with steel; as, to steel a razor; to steel an ax..

Steel :: Steel (n.) To make hard or strong; hence, to make insensible or obdurate..

Steel :: Steel (n.) Fig.: To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothness, polish, or other qualities..

Steelbow Goods :: Steel (n.) To cover, as an electrotype plate, with a thin layer of iron by electrolysis. The iron thus deposited is very hard, like steel..

Steeled :: Steel (n.) A chalybeate medicine.

Steeler :: Steelbow goods () 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..

Steeler :: Steeler (n.) One who points, edges, or covers with steel..

Steelhead :: Steeler (n.) Same as Stealer.

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

Steeliness :: Steelhead (n.) The ruddy duck.

Steeling :: Steeled (imp. & p. p.) of Stee.

Steeling :: Steeliness (n.) The quality of being steely.

Steely :: Steeling (n.) The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v..

Steely :: Steely (a.) Made of steel; consisting of steel.

Steelyard :: Steely (a.) Resembling steel; hard; firm; having the color of steel.

Unsteel :: Unsteel (v. t.) To disarm; to soften.

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