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| steel |
| 1. n. An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness. |
| 2. n. Any item made of this metal, particularly including: |
| 3. n. Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers. |
| 4. n. A piece used for striking sparks from flint. |
| 5. n. Armor. |
| 6. n. A honing steel, a tool used to sharpen or hone metal blades. |
| 7. n. (sewing) Pieces used to strengthen, support, or expand an item of clothing. |
| 8. n. (dialectal) A flat iron. |
| 9. n. (sewing, dialectal) A sewing needle; a knitting needle; a sharp metal stylus. |
| 10. n. (printing) An engraving plate: |
| 11. n. Projectiles. |
| 12. n. (sewing) A fringe of beads or decoration of this metal. |
| 13. n. (music, guitar) A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar. |
| 14. n. (medicine, obsolete) Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment. |
| 15. n. Varieties of this metal. |
| 16. n. (colors) The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue. |
| 17. n. (figurative) Extreme hardness or resilience. |
| 18. adj. Made of steel. |
| 19. adj. Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely. |
| 20. adj. (business) Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel. |
| 21. adj. (medicine, obsolete) Containing steel. |
| 22. adj. (printing) Engraved on steel. |
| 23. v. To edge, cover, or point with steel. |
| 24. v. To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against. |
| 25. v. (transitive, obsolete, of mirrors) To back with steel. |
| 26. v. (transitive, medicine, obsolete) To treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes. |
| 27. v. (transitive, dialectal) To press with a flat iron. |
| 28. v. (transitive, uncommon) To cause to resemble steel in appearance. |
| 29. v. To steelify; to turn iron into steel. |
| 30. v. To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron. |
| 31. v. To sharpen with a honing steel. |
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| 1. n-n. steel (a metal alloy) |
| 2. n-n. a tool of steel |
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