steel

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a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon
knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod
cover, plate, or edge with steel
A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon
An instrument or implement made of steel
A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc
An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives
A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint
Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness
A chalybeate medicine
To overlay, point, or edge with steel
To make hard or strong
Fig.: To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothness, polish, or other qualities
To cover, as an electrotype plate, with a thin layer of iron by electrolysis. The iron thus deposited is very hard, like steel

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