STEEL
-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
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, especially with regard to a
person's character or attitudes
6. (stock exchange) the quotation for steel shares
-verb (trans.)
7. to fit, plate, edge, or point with steel
8. to make hard and unfeeling
No matter how it steeled itself
Rust could not be kept at bay
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