. Any steel containing a notable quantity of some other metal alloyed with the iron, usually chromium, nickel, manganese, tungsten, or vanadium. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Arrest, v. ] (Scots Law) The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Steel produced by the basic process. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. Same as Bheesty. [ India ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A hard tough alloy of tin, copper, and iron, which can be used for guns. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. Steel deriving its qualities from carbon chiefly, without the presence of other alloying elements; -- opposed to alloy steel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

See Cast steel, under Steel. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Steel produced by cementation; blister steel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. Same as Chromium steel, under Steel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A joint trustee. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Cast steel made by fusing in crucibles crude or scrap steel, wrought iron, and other ingredients and fluxes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. See Damask steel, under Damask. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Want of esteem; low estimation, inclining to dislike; disfavor; disrepute. [ 1913 Webster ]

Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disesteemed p. pr. & vb. n. Disesteeming. ] 1. To feel an absence of esteem for; to regard with disfavor or slight contempt; to slight. [ 1913 Webster ]

But if this sacred gift you disesteem. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Qualities which society does not disesteem. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deprive of esteem; to bring into disrepute; to cause to be regarded with disfavor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What fables have you vexed, what truth redeemed,
Antiquities searched, opinions disesteemed? B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disesteems. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Very steep. [ Obs. ] Florio. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any new member of an organization or supporter of a cause.
Syn. -- recruit. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an enlisted man or woman in the armed forces. [ PJC ]

3. a person who enlisted voluntarily in the armed forces; -- contrasted with draftee. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Esteemed p. pr. & vb. n. Esteeming. ] [ F. estimer, L. aestimare, aestumare, to value, estimate; perh. akin to Skr. ish to seek, strive, and E. ask. Cf. Aim, Estimate. ] 1. To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shouldst (gentle reader) esteem his censure and authority to be of the more weighty credence. Bp. Gardiner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Famous men, -- whose scientific attainments were esteemed hardly less than supernatural. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To set a high value on; to prize; to regard with reverence, respect, or friendship. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will he esteem thy riches? Job xxxvi. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

You talk kindlier: we esteem you for it. Tennyson.

Syn. -- To estimate; appreciate; regard; prize; value; respect; revere. See Appreciate, Estimate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To form an estimate; to have regard to the value; to consider. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. estime. See Esteem, v. t. ] 1. Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price. [ 1913 Webster ]

Most dear in the esteem
And poor in worth! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will deliver you, in ready coin,
The full and dear'st esteem of what you crave. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. High estimation or value; great regard; favorable opinion, founded on supposed worth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor should thy prowess want praise and esteem. Shak.

Syn. -- See Estimate, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worthy of esteem; estimable. [ R. ] “Esteemable qualities.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who esteems; one who sets a high value on any thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The proudest esteemer of his own parts. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Steel hardened by the addition of other elements, as manganese, phosphorus, or (usually) carbon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. Steel containing a high percentage of carbon; high-carbon steel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. Same as Wootz. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. Steel cast in ingots from the Bessemer converter or open-hearth furnace. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Insteeped p. pr. & vb. n. Insteeping. ] To steep or soak; to drench. [ R. ] “In gore he lay insteeped.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Mach.) A steering gear, esp. for an automobile, not affected by the road wheels, as when they strike an obstacle side ways, but easily controlled by the hand wheel or steering lever. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. See under Low. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. Cast steel containing a considerable percentage (10-14) of manganese, which makes it very hard and tough and highly resistant to wear. See Alloy steel, above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ Malay mangusta, mangis. ] (Bot.) A tree of the East Indies of the genus Garcinia (Garcinia Mangostana) with thick leathery leaves. The tree grows to the height of eighteen feet, and bears fruit also called mangosteen, of the size of a small apple, the pulp of which is very delicious food. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Mestizo. ] The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; -- so called in the West Indies. [ Written also mustee. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. mésestime. ] Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Mestee. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A sort of steel which has been found where a burning coal seam had reduced and carbonized adjacent iron ore. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. Steel made by the direct refining of cast iron in a finery, or, as wootz, by a direct process from the ore. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A kind of cast steel containing nickel, which greatly increases its strength. It is used for armor plate, bicycle tubing, propeller shafts, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. See under Open. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A steel in which the amount of phosphorus exceeds that of carbon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The holding a good opinion of one's self; self-complacency. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Puddled steel. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. See under Shear. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

See Open-hearth steel, under Open. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. Steel low in carbon; mild steel; ingot iron. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A variety of steel, elastic, strong, and tough, rolled for springs, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. G. stiege. √164. See Stair. ] A ladder. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ Written also stey. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. stede, AS. stēda a stud-horse, war horse, fr. stōd a stud of breeding steeds; akin to G. stute a mare, Icel. stedda, stōð, a stud. √163. See Stud of horses. ] A horse, especially a spirited horse for state or war; -- used chiefly in poetry or stately prose. “A knight upon a steed.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mounted upon a hot and fiery steed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no steed; without a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. stēl, st&ymacr_;l, st&ymacr_;le; akin to D. staal, G. stahl, OHG. stahal, Icel. stāl, Dan. staal, Sw. stål, Old Prussian stakla. ] 1. (Metal) A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An instrument or implement made of steel; as: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc. “Brave Macbeth . . . with his brandished steel.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

While doubting thus he stood,
Received the steel bathed in his brother's blood. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor. “Heads of steel.” Johnson. “Manhood's heart of steel.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) A chalybeate medicine. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Steel is often used in the formation of compounds, generally of obvious meaning; as, steel-clad, steel-girt, steel-hearted, steel-plated, steel-pointed, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bessemer steel (Metal.) See in the Vocabulary. --
Blister steel. (Metal.) See under Blister. --
Cast steel (Metal.), a fine variety of steel, originally made by smelting blister or cementation steel; hence, ordinarily, steel of any process of production when remelted and cast. --
Chrome steel,
Chromium steel (Metal.), a hard, tenacious variety containing a little chromium, and somewhat resembling tungsten steel. --
Mild steel (Metal.), a kind of steel having a lower proportion of carbon than ordinary steel, rendering it softer and more malleable. --
Puddled steel (Metal.), a variety of steel produced from cast iron by the puddling process. --
Steel duck (Zool.), the goosander, or merganser. [ Prov. Eng. ] --
Steel mill. (a) (Firearms) See Wheel lock, under Wheel. (b) A mill which has steel grinding surfaces. (c) A mill where steel is manufactured. --
Steel trap, a trap for catching wild animals. It consists of two iron jaws, which close by means of a powerful steel spring when the animal disturbs the catch, or tongue, by which they are kept open. --
Steel wine, wine, usually sherry, in which steel filings have been placed for a considerable time, -- used as a medicine. --
Tincture of steel (Med.), an alcoholic solution of the chloride of iron. --
Tungsten steel (Metal.), a variety of steel containing a small amount of tungsten, and noted for its tenacity and hardness, as well as for its malleability and tempering qualities. It is also noted for its magnetic properties. [ 1913 Webster ]