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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Steel  \Steel\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Steeled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Steeling}.]  [AS.  stlan:  cf  Icel.  st[ae]la.  See  {Steel},  n.] 
  1.  To  overlay,  point,  or  edge  with  steel;  as  to  steel  a 
  razor;  to  steel  an  ax 
 
  2.  To  make  hard  or  strong;  hence  to  make  insensible  or 
  obdurate. 
 
  Lies  well  steeled  with  weighty  arguments.  --Shak. 
 
  O  God  of  battles!  steel  my  soldier's  hearts.  --Shak. 
 
  Why  will  you  fight  against  so  sweet  a  passion,  And 
  steel  your  heart  to  such  a  world  of  charms? 
  --Addison. 
 
  3.  Fig.:  To  cause  to  resemble  steel,  as  in  smoothness, 
  polish,  or  other  qualities. 
 
  These  waters,  steeled  By  breezeless  air  to  smoothest 
  polish.  --Wordsworth. 
 
  4.  (Elec.)  To  cover,  as  an  electrotype  plate,  with  a  thin 
  layer  of  iron  by  electrolysis.  The  iron  thus  deposited  is 
  very  hard,  like  steel. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Steeling  \Steel"ing\,  n. 
  The  process  of  pointing,  edging,  or  overlaying  with  steel; 
  specifically,  acierage.  See  {Steel},  v.




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