'Run steel' definitions:

Definition of 'Run steel'

From: GCIDE

Run \Run\, a.
1. Melted, or made from molten material; cast in a mold; as, run butter; run iron or lead. [1913 Webster]
2. Smuggled; as, run goods. [Colloq.] --Miss Edgeworth. [1913 Webster]
Run steel, malleable iron castings. See under Malleable. --Raymond. [1913 Webster]