'Steeled' definitions:
Definition of 'Steeled'
From: GCIDE
- Steel \Steel\ (st[=e]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Steeled (st[=e]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Steeling.] [AS. st[=y]lan: cf. Icel. staela. See Steel, n.]
- 1. To overlay, point, or edge with steel; as, to steel a razor; to steel an ax. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: To make hard or strong; hence, to make insensible or obdurate. [1913 Webster]
- Lies well steeled with weighty arguments. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- O God of battles! steel my soldiers' hearts. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Why will you fight against so sweet a passion, And steel your heart to such a world of charms? --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fig.: To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothness, polish, or other qualities. [1913 Webster]
- These waters, steeled By breezeless air to smoothest polish. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'steeled'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- backed,
- calcified,
- callous,
- calloused,
- case-hardened,
- crusted,
- crusty,
- crystallized,
- flinty,
- fossilized,
- granulated,
- hard,
- hardened,
- hardhearted,
- hornified,
- impervious,
- incrusted,
- indurate,
- indurated,
- insensitive,
- inured,
- lapidified,
- ossified,
- pachydermatous,
- petrified,
- Philistine,
- proof against,
- reinforced,
- rigidified,
- sclerotic,
- set,
- solidified,
- steeled against,
- steely,
- stiffened,
- stony,
- strengthened,
- thick-skinned,
- toughened,
- vitrified
Words containing 'Steeled'
- Steel,
- Steele,
- Steeling,
- Basic steel,
- Bessemer steel,
- Blister steel,
- Bronze steel,
- Carbon steel,
- Cast steel,
- Cement steel,
- Chrome steel,
- Chromium steel,
- Crucible steel,
- Damascus steel,
- Damask steel,
- Decarbonized steel,
- Finger steel,
- German steel,
- Granulated steel,
- Hard steel,
- High steel,
- India steel,
- Ingot steel,
- Low steel,
- Manganese steel,
- Merchant steel,
- Mild steel,
- Native steel,
- Natural steel,
- Nickel steel,
- Phosphorus steel,
- Puddled steel,
- Run steel,
- Shear steel,
- Silver steel,
- Soft steel,
- Spring steel,
- Steel duck,
- Steel mill,
- Steel trap,
- Steel wine,
- Steele City,
- Steele County,
- Steele, AL,
- Steele, MN,
- Steele, MO,
- Steele, ND,
- Structural steel,
- Tincture of steel,
- Tool steel,
- Tungsten steel,
- Weld steel,
- Wolfram steel,
- alloy steel,
- austenitic steel,
- blistered steel,
- chisel steel,
- drill steel,
- eutectoid steel,
- medium steel,
- molybdenum steel,
- quenched steel,
- stainless steel,
- steel band,
- steel blue,
- steel company,
- steel drum,
- steel engraving,
- steel factory,
- steel gray,
- steel grey,
- steel guitar,
- steel industry,
- steel oneself against,
- steel onself for,
- steel plant,
- steel plate,
- steel production,
- steel wool,
- vanadium steel,
- Steele City, NE,
- Steele County, MN,
- Steele County, ND,
- armored concrete steel,
- austenitic manganese steel,
- sir richrd steele,
- steel arch bridge,
- steel-plated,
- Siemens-Martin steel,
- case-hardened steel,
- chrome-nickel steel,
- chrome-tungsten steel,
- high-speed steel,
- hot-work steel,
- hyper-eutectoid steel,
- hypo-eutectoid steel,
- low-carbon steel,
- oil-hardened steel,
- soft-cast steel,
- steel-wool pad