Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - steel
Steel
steel
n., adj., & v. --n. 1 any of various alloys of iron and carbon with other elements increasing strength and malleability, much used for making tools, weapons, etc., and capable of being tempered to many different degrees of hardness. 2 hardness of character; strength, firmness (nerves of steel). 3 a a rod of steel, usu. roughened and tapering, on which knives are sharpened. b a strip of steel for expanding a skirt or stiffening a corset. 4 (not in pl.) literary a sword, lance, etc. (foemen worthy of their steel). --adj. 1 made of steel. 2 like or having the characteristics of steel. --v.tr. & refl. harden or make resolute (steeled myself for a shock). Phrases and idioms cold steel cutting or thrusting weapons. pressed steel steel moulded under pressure. steel band a group of usu. W. Indian musicians with percussion instruments made from oil drums. steel-clad wearing armour. steel engraving the process of engraving on or an impression taken from a steel-coated copper plate. steel wool an abrasive substance consisting of a mass of fine steel shavings. Etymology: OE style, steli f. Gmc, rel. to STAY(2)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English stele, from Old English stȳle, stēle; akin to Old High German stahal ~ and perhaps to Sanskrit stakati he resists Date: before 12th century commercial iron that contains carbon in any amount up to about 1.7 percent as an essential alloying constituent, is malleable when under suitable conditions, and is distinguished from cast iron by its malleability and lower carbon content, an instrument or implement of or characteristically of ~: as, a thrusting or cutting weapon, an instrument (as a fluted round rod with a handle) for sharpening knives, a piece of ~ for striking sparks from flint, a quality (as hardness of mind or spirit) that suggests ~ , 4. the ~ manufacturing industry, shares of stock in ~ companies, II. transitive verb Date: 13th century to overlay, point, or edge with ~, 2. to cause to resemble ~ (as in looks or hardness), to fill with resolution or determination , III. adjective Date: 13th century made of ~, of or relating to the production of ~, resembling ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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