Steeling

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  • v. Present participle of steel.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See steel, v.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The process of welding a piece of steel on that part of a cutting-instrument which is to receive the edge.
  • n. The process of depositing a film of iron on engraved copperplates.
  • n. In general, the operation of overlaying, tipping, or facing with steel.
  • Word Usage
    "Geronimo did not think it all out then, nor till long afterwards, but in steeling himself to set a point of – let it be granted – ecclesiatical propriety above the much weightier matter of human sympathy, and a regard for moral results on others, he had followed the Pharisees of old, rather than Him who imposed none but necessary burdens on the tremulous human mind."
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    Verb Stem
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