Definition of steel

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

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Zinkenite :: Zinkenite (n.) A steel-gray metallic mineral, a sulphide of antimony and lead..
Pannier :: Pannier (n.) A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle..
Siderographical :: Siderographical (a.) Of or pertaining to siderography; executed by engraved plates of steel; as, siderographic art; siderographic impressions..
Tap :: Tap (n.) A tool for forming an internal screw, as in a nut, consisting of a hardened steel male screw grooved longitudinally so as to have cutting edges..
Needle :: Needle (n.) A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing..
Ribbon :: Ribbon (n.) A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons..
Drawplate :: Drawplate (n.) A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated..
Butteris :: Butteris (n.) A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses..
Tungsten :: Tungsten (n.) A rare element of the chromium group found in certain minerals, as wolfram and scheelite, and isolated as a heavy steel-gray metal which is very hard and infusible. It has both acid and basic properties. When alloyed in small quantities with steel, it greatly increases its hardness. Symbol W (Wolframium). Atomic weight, 183.6. Specific gravity, 18..
Temper :: Temper (v. t.) To bring to a proper degree of hardness; as, to temper iron or steel..
Mattock :: Mattock (n.) An implement for digging and grubbing. The head has two long steel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or the point of a pickax..
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..
Berthierite :: Berthierite (n.) A double sulphide of antimony and iron, of a dark steel-gray color..
Steel :: Steel (n.) To make hard or strong; hence, to make insensible or obdurate..
Umbrella :: Umbrella (n.) A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for sheltering the person from the rays of the sun, or from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol..
Steel :: Steel (n.) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives.
Whirtle :: Whirtle (n.) A perforated steel die through which wires or tubes are drawn to form them.
Leucopyrite :: Leucopyrite (n.) A mineral of a color between white and steel-gray, with a metallic luster, and consisting chiefly of arsenic and iron..
Bone :: Bone (n.) Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset..
Saw :: Saw (n.) An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing..
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