Steel"i*ness (?), n. The quality of being steely.
Steel"ing, n. The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with
steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v.
Steel"y (?), a. 1. Made of steel; consisting of steel. "The steely
point of Clifford's lance." Shak.
Around his shop the steely sparkles flew.
Gay.
2. Resembling steel; hard; firm; having the color of steel. "His hair
was steely gray." The Century.
She would unarm her noble heart of that steely resistance against
the sweet blows of love.
Sir P. Sidney.
Steely iron, a compound of iron containing less than one half of one
per cent of carbon.
Steel"yard (?), n. [So named from a place in London called the
Steelyard, which was a yard in which steel was sold.] A form of balance
in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a
lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide
upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm
(which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance;
-- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards.
Steem (?), n. & v. See Esteem. [Obs.] Spenser.
Steem, n. & v. See 1st and 2nd Stem. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Steen (?), n. [AS. st&?;na. See Stone.] [Written also stean.] 1. A
vessel of clay or stone. "An huge great earth-pot steane." Spenser.
2. A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well,
cistern, etc.; a steening.
Steen, v. t. [AS. st&?;nan to adorn with stones or gems. See Stone.] To
line, as a well, with brick, stone, or other hard material. [Written
also stean, and stein.]
||Steen"bok` (?), n. [D. steen stone + bok buck.] (Zoöl.) Same as
||Steinbock.
Steen"ing, n. A lining made of brick, stone, or other hard material, as
for a well. [Written also steaning.]
{ Steen"kirk` (?), Stein"kirk` (?) }, n. [So called from the battle of
Steinkirk, in 1692, on which occasion the French nobles had no time to
arrange their lace neckcloths.] A kind of neckcloth worn in a loose and
disorderly fashion.