steel

Etymology 1
From, , from , from , enlargement of , from , from or , from. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
 * 2) * c. 1275, Laȝamon, Brut, 12916:
 * Þe alle þine leomen wule to-draȝen. þeh þu weore stel al.
 * 1) * c. 1480, St. Mary Magdalen, 408 in 1896, W. M. Metcalfe, Legends Saints Sc. Dial., I&thinsp;267:
 * Weman...with wordis cane rycht wele our-cum mene hard as stele.
 * 1)  Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
 * 2) Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.
 * Weman...with wordis cane rycht wele our-cum mene hard as stele.
 * 1)  Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
 * 2) Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.
 * 1)  Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
 * 2) Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.
 * 1)  Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
 * 2) Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.
 * 1)  Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
 * 2) Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.


 * 1) A piece used for striking sparks from flint.
 * 2) Armor.
 * 3) A honing steel, a tool used to sharpen or hone metal blades.
 * 4) * 1541 in 1844, J. Stuart, Extracts of the Council Register of Aberdeen, I&thinsp;176:
 * The steill to scherp the schawing jrne.
 * 1)  Pieces used to strengthen, support, or expand an item of clothing.
 * 2)  A flat iron.
 * 3)  A sewing needle; a knitting needle; a sharp metal stylus.
 * 4)  An engraving plate:
 * 5) Projectiles.
 * 6)  A fringe of beads or decoration of this metal.
 * 7)  A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar.
 * 8)  Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment.
 * 9)  The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.
 * 10) * 1851 Dec 28, E. Ruskin, letter in 1965, M. Lutyens, Effie in Venice, II&thinsp;236:
 * Falkenhayn gave...to Jane a steel glacé silk dress.
 * 1)  Extreme hardness or resilience.
 * 1)  An engraving plate:
 * 2) Projectiles.
 * 3)  A fringe of beads or decoration of this metal.
 * 4)  A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar.
 * 5)  Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment.
 * 6)  The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.
 * 7) * 1851 Dec 28, E. Ruskin, letter in 1965, M. Lutyens, Effie in Venice, II&thinsp;236:
 * Falkenhayn gave...to Jane a steel glacé silk dress.
 * 1)  Extreme hardness or resilience.
 * 1)  Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment.
 * 2)  The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.
 * 3) * 1851 Dec 28, E. Ruskin, letter in 1965, M. Lutyens, Effie in Venice, II&thinsp;236:
 * Falkenhayn gave...to Jane a steel glacé silk dress.
 * 1)  Extreme hardness or resilience.
 * 1)  The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.
 * 2) * 1851 Dec 28, E. Ruskin, letter in 1965, M. Lutyens, Effie in Venice, II&thinsp;236:
 * Falkenhayn gave...to Jane a steel glacé silk dress.
 * 1)  Extreme hardness or resilience.
 * 1)  Extreme hardness or resilience.

Adjective

 * 1) Made of steel.
 * 2) * mid-14th century, Alisaunder, 416:
 * Strained in stel ger on steedes of might.
 * 1) Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.
 * 2)  Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.
 * 3)  Containing steel.
 * 4)  Engraved on steel.
 * 5) * 1880,, letter:
 * The best picture I have had yet is the steel frontis-piece to my new book.
 * 1)  Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.
 * 2)  Containing steel.
 * 3)  Engraved on steel.
 * 4) * 1880,, letter:
 * The best picture I have had yet is the steel frontis-piece to my new book.
 * 1)  Engraved on steel.
 * 2) * 1880,, letter:
 * The best picture I have had yet is the steel frontis-piece to my new book.
 * 1)  Engraved on steel.
 * 2) * 1880,, letter:
 * The best picture I have had yet is the steel frontis-piece to my new book.

Verb

 * 1)  To edge, cover, or point with steel.
 * 2)  To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
 * 3) * 1796, F. Burney, Camilla, II&thinsp;iv&thinsp;vi&thinsp;370:
 * Steel yourself, then, firmly to withstand attacks from the cruel and unfeeling.
 * 1) * 1882, F. W. Farrar, Early Days Christianity, II&thinsp;380:
 * The rich experience of a long life steeled in the victorious struggle with every unchristian element.
 * 1)  To back with steel.
 * 2)  To treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes.
 * 3)  To press with a flat iron.
 * 4)  To cause to resemble steel in appearance.
 * 5)  To steelify; to turn iron into steel.
 * 6)  To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron.
 * 7)  To sharpen with a honing steel.
 * 1)  To treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes.
 * 2)  To press with a flat iron.
 * 3)  To cause to resemble steel in appearance.
 * 4)  To steelify; to turn iron into steel.
 * 5)  To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron.
 * 6)  To sharpen with a honing steel.
 * 1)  To steelify; to turn iron into steel.
 * 2)  To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron.
 * 3)  To sharpen with a honing steel.
 * 1)  To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron.
 * 2)  To sharpen with a honing steel.
 * 1)  To sharpen with a honing steel.
 * 1)  To sharpen with a honing steel.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:harden
 * See also Thesaurus:strengthen

Etymology 2
From (a French prison).

Proper noun

 * 1)  Coldbath Fields Prison in London, closed in 1877.

Etymology
From, from.

Verb

 * 1) to steal

Etymology 1
From, from , from , , from , , from. Cognate with dialectal 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,.

Noun

 * 1) stem (of a plant)
 * 2) handle (of a broom, a pan)
 * 1) handle (of a broom, a pan)