Steels

noun
1.
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
2.
a thing or things made of this metal.
3.
a flat strip of this metal used for stiffening, especially in corsets; stay.
4.
a bar of this metal that has one end formed to hold a bit for driving through rock.
5.
steels, stocks or bonds of companies producing this metal.
6.
a sword.
7.
a rounded rod of ridged steel, fitted with a handle and used especially for sharpening knives.
adjective
8.
pertaining to or made of steel.
9.
like steel in color, hardness, or strength.
verb (used with object)
10.
to fit with steel, as by pointing, edging, or overlaying.
11.
to cause to resemble steel in some way.
12.
to render insensible, inflexible, unyielding, determined, etc.:
He steeled himself to perform the dangerous task.
plural noun
1.
(stock exchange) shares and bonds of steel companies
noun
1.

any of various alloys based on iron containing carbon (usually 0.1–1.7 per cent) and often small quantities of other elements such as phosphorus, sulphur, manganese, chromium, and nickel. Steels exhibit a variety of properties, such as strength, machinability, malleability, etc, depending on their composition and the way they have been treated
(as modifier): steel girders See also stainless steel

2.
something that is made of steel
3.
a steel stiffener in a corset, etc
4.
a ridged steel rod with a handle used for sharpening knives
5.
the quality of hardness, esp with regard to a person’s character or attitudes
6.
(stock exchange) the quotation for steel shares See also steels
7.
(modifier) resembling steel: steel determination
verb (transitive)
8.
to fit, plate, edge, or point with steel
9.
to make hard and unfeeling: he steeled his heart against her sorrow, he steeled himself for the blow
noun
1.
Danielle, full name Danielle Fernande Schüelein-Steel. born 1950, US writer of romantic fiction
2.
Baron David (Martin Scott). born 1938, British politician; leader of the Liberal Party (1976–88); Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament (1999–2003)
steel
(stēl)
Any of various hard, strong, flexible alloys of iron and carbon. Often, other metals are added to give steel a particular property, such as chromium and nickel to make it stainless. Steel is widely used in many kinds of tools and as a structural material in building.

The “bow of steel” in (A.V.) 2 Sam. 22:35; Job 20:24; Ps. 18:34 is in the Revised Version “bow of brass” (Heb. kesheth-nehushah). In Jer. 15:12 the same word is used, and is also rendered in the Revised Version “brass.” But more correctly it is copper (q.v.), as brass in the ordinary sense of the word (an alloy of copper and zinc) was not known to the ancients.

In addition to the idiom beginning with steel