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steel

/stiːl/ adjective C2
  1. Made of steel.
  2. Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.
  3. Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.
  4. Engraved on steel.
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I am more likely to give help than to ask it”--Bagheera stretched out one paw and admired the steel-blue, ripping-chisel talons at the end of it--“still I should like to know.”
The Jungle Book, p. 31 · B2
He was a foeman worthy of her steel.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 252 · C1
I tell you, Watson, this time we have got a foeman who is worthy of our steel.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 61 · C1
I told you in London, Watson, and I tell you now again, that we have never had a foeman more worthy of our steel.”
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 172 · C1

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