steel
/stiːl/ noun B1- An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
- Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.
- A piece used for striking sparks from flint or ferrocerium.
- Armor.
- A honing steel, a tool used to sharpen or hone metal blades.
- Pieces used to strengthen, support, or expand an item of clothing.
- An engraving plate.
- Projectiles.
Plural steels
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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On this paved yard are to be seen,—pacing to and fro from morning till night, pale, careworn, and haggard, like so many shadows,—the men whom justice holds beneath the steel she is sharpening.
The old man was attired in a suit of glistening watered silk, trimmed with steel buttons, beautifully cut and polished.
In an instant a space three feet long by two feet broad was cleared, and Dantès could see an oaken coffer, bound with cut steel; in the middle of the lid he saw engraved on a silver plate, which was still untarnished, the arms of the Spada family—viz., a sword, en pale, on an oval shield, like all the Italian armorial bearings, and surmounted by a cardinal’s hat.
I tell you, Watson, this time we have got a foeman who is worthy of our steel.
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