Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 153
Steady (n.) Firm in standing or position; not tottering or shaking; fixed; firm. "The softest, steadiest plume." -- Keble.
Their feet steady, their hands diligent, their eyes watchful, and their hearts resolute. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Steady (n.) Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute; as, a man steady in his principles, in his purpose, or in the pursuit of an object.
Steady (n.) Regular; constant; undeviating; uniform; as, the steady course of the sun; a steady breeze of wind.
Syn: Fixed; regular; uniform; undeviating; invariable; unremitted; stable.
Steady rest (Mach), A rest in a turning lathe, to keep a long piece of work from trembling.
Steadied (imp. & p. p.) of Steady.
Steadying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steady.
Steady (v. t.) To make steady; to hold or keep from shaking, reeling, or falling; to make or keep firm; to support; to make constant, regular, or resolute.
Steady (v. i.) To become steady; to regain a steady position or state; to move steadily.
Without a breeze, without a tide, She steadies with upright keel. -- Coleridge.
Steady (adv.) In a steady manner; "he could still walk steadily" [syn: steadily, steady] [ant: falteringly, uncertainly, unsteadily].
Steady (a.) Not subject to change or variation especially in behavior; "a steady beat"; "a steady job"; "a steady breeze"; "a steady increase"; "a good steady ballplayer" [ant: unsteady].
Steady (a.) Not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall; "stocks are still firm" [syn: firm, steady, unfluctuating].
Steady (a.) Securely in position; not shaky; "held the ladder steady."
Steady (a.) Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty" [syn: firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering].
Steady (a.) Relating to a person who does something regularly; "a regular customer"; "a steady drinker" [syn: regular, steady].
Steady (a.) Not easily excited or upset; "steady nerves."
Steady (n.) A person loved by another person [syn: sweetheart, sweetie, steady, truelove].
Steady (v.) Make steady; "steady yourself" [syn: steady, calm, becalm].
Steady (v.) Support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel" [syn: brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise].
Steak (n.) A slice of beef, broiled, or cut for broiling; -- also extended to the meat of other large animals; as, venison steak; bear steak; pork steak; turtle steak.
Steak (n.) Aslice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish.
Steal (n.) A handle; a stale, or stele. [Archaic or Prov. Eng.]
And in his hand a huge poleax did bear.
Whose steale was iron-studded but not long. -- Spenser.
Stole (imp.) of Steal.
Stolen (p. p.) of Steal.
Stealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steal.
Steal (v. t.) To take and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another.
Maugre thy heed, thou must for indigence Or steal, or beg, or borrow, thy dispense. -- Chaucer.
The man who stole a goose and gave away the giblets in alms. -- G. Eliot.
Steal (v. t.) To withdraw or convey clandestinely (reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate.
They could insinuate and steal themselves under the same by their humble carriage and submission. -- Spenser.
He will steal himself into a man's favor. -- Shak.
Steal (v. t.) To gain by insinuating arts or covert means.
So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. -- 2 Sam. xv. 6.
Steal (v. t.) To get into one's power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away.
Variety of objects has a tendency to steal away the mind from its steady pursuit of any subject. -- I. Watts.
Steal (v. t.) To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look.
Always, when thou changest thine opinion or course, profess it plainly, . . . and do not think to steal it. -- Bacon.
To steal a march, to march in a covert way; to gain an advantage unobserved; -- formerly followed by of, but now by on or upon, and sometimes by over; as, to steal a march upon one's political rivals.
She yesterday wanted to steal a march of poor Liddy. -- Smollett.
Fifty thousand men can not easily steal a march over the sea. -- Walpole.
Syn: To filch; pilfer; purloin; thieve.
Steal (v. i.) To practice, or be guilty of, theft; to commit larceny or theft.
Thou shalt not steal. -- Ex. xx. 15.
Steal (v. i.) To withdraw, or pass privily; to slip in, along, or away, unperceived; to go or come furtively. -- Chaucer.
Fixed of mind to avoid further entreaty, and to fly all company, one night she stole away. -- Sir P. Sidney.
From whom you now must steal, and take no leave. -- Shak.
A soft and solemn breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich, distilled perfumes, And stole upon the air. -- Milton.
Steal (n.) An advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn: bargain, buy, steal].
Steal (n.) A stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch).
Steal (v.) Take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation."
Steal (v.) Move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness" [syn: steal, slip].
Steal (v.) Steal a base.
Stealer (n.) One who steals; a thief.
Stealer (n.) (Shipbuilding) The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.
Stealer (n.) A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it [syn: thief, stealer].
Stealing (n.) The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny.
Stealing (n.) That which is stolen; stolen property; -- chiefly used in the plural.
Stealing (n.) The act of taking something from someone unlawfully; "the thieving is awful at Kennedy International" [syn: larceny, theft, thievery, thieving, stealing].
Stealing (n.) Avoiding detection by moving carefully [syn: stealth, stealing].
Stealing, () See THEFT.
Stealing. () This term imports, ex vi termini, nearly the same as larceny; but in common parlance, it does not always import a felony; as, for example, you stole an acre of my land.
Stealing. () In slander cases, it seems that the term stealing takes its complexion from the subject-matter to which it is applied, and will be considered as intended of a felonious stealing, if a felony could have been committed of such subject-matter. Stark. on Slan. 80; 12 Johns. Rep. 239; 3 Binn. R. 546; Whart. Dig. tit. Slander.
Stealingly (adv.) By stealing, or as by stealing, furtively, or by an invisible motion. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Stealth (n.) The act of stealing; theft. [Obs.]
The owner proveth the stealth to have been committed upon him by such an outlaw. -- Spenser.
Stealth (n.) The thing stolen; stolen property. [Obs.] "Sluttish dens . . . serving to cover stealths." -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Stealth (v. t.) The bringing to pass anything in a secret or concealed manner; a secret procedure; a clandestine practice or action; -- in either a good or a bad sense.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. -- Pope.
The monarch, blinded with desire of wealth, With steel invades the brother's life by stealth. -- Dryden.
I told him of your stealth unto this wood. -- Shak.
Stealth (n.) Avoiding detection by moving carefully [syn: stealth, stealing].
Stealthful (a.) Given to stealth; stealthy. [Obs.] -- Stealth"ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Stealth"ful*ness, n. [Obs.]
Stealthily (adv.) In a stealthy manner.
Stealthily (adv.) In a stealthy manner; "stealthily they advanced upstream."
Stealthiness (n.) The state, quality, or character of being stealthy; stealth.
Stealthiness (n.) A disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously [syn: furtiveness, sneakiness, stealthiness].
Stealthlike (a.) Stealthy; sly. -- Wordsworth.
Stealthy (a.) Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived; secret; furtive; sly.
[Withered murder] with his stealthy pace, . . . Moves like a ghost. -- Shak.
Stealthy (a.) Marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch" [syn: furtive, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious].
Steam (n.) The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling point; water in the state of vapor; gaseous water.
Steam (n.) The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so called in popular usage.
Steam (n.) Any exhalation. "A steam of rich, distilled perfumes." -- Milton.
Dry steam, Steam which does not contain water held in suspension mechanically; -- sometimes applied to superheated steam.
Exhaust steam. See under Exhaust.
High steam, or High-pressure steam, Steam of which the pressure greatly exceeds that of the atmosphere.
Low steam, or Low-pressure steam, Steam of which the pressure is less than, equal to, or not greatly above, that of the atmosphere.
Saturated steam, Steam at the temperature of the boiling point which corresponds to its pressure; -- sometimes also applied to wet steam.
Superheated steam, Steam heated to a temperature higher than the boiling point corresponding to its pressure. It can not exist in contact with water, nor contain water, and resembles a perfect gas; -- called also surcharged steam, anhydrous steam, and steam gas.
Wet steam, Steam which contains water held in suspension mechanically; -- called also misty steam.
Note: Steam is often used adjectively, and in combination, to denote, produced by heat, or operated by power, derived from steam, in distinction from other sources of power; as in steam boiler or steam-boiler, steam dredger or steam-dredger, steam engine or steam-engine, steam heat, steam plow or steam-plow, etc.
Steam blower. (a) A blower for producing a draught consisting of a jet or jets of steam in a chimney or under a fire.
Steam blower. (b) A fan blower driven directly by a steam engine.
Steam boiler, A boiler for producing steam. See Boiler, 3, and Note. In the illustration, the shell a of the boiler is partly in section, showing the tubes, or flues, which the hot gases, from the fire beneath the boiler, enter, after traversing the outside of the shell, and through which the gases are led to the smoke pipe d, which delivers them to the chimney; b is the manhole; c the dome; e the steam pipe; f the feed and blow-off pipe; g the safety valve; hthe water gauge.
Steam car, A car driven by steam power, or drawn by a locomotive.
Steam carriage, A carriage upon wheels moved on common roads by steam.
Steam casing. See Steam jacket, under Jacket.
Steam chest, The box or chamber from which steam is distributed to the cylinder of a steam engine, steam pump, etc., and which usually contains one or more valves; -- called also valve chest, and valve box. See Illust. Of Slide valve, under Slide.
Steam chimney, An annular chamber around the chimney of a boiler furnace, for drying steam.
Steam coil, A coil of pipe, or a collection of connected pipes, for containing steam; -- used for heating, drying, etc.
Steam colors (Calico Printing), Colors in which the chemical reaction fixing the coloring matter in the fiber is produced by steam.
Steam cylinder, The cylinder of a steam engine, which contains the piston. See Illust. of Slide valve, under Slide.
Steam dome (Steam Boilers), A chamber upon the top of the boiler, from which steam is conducted to the engine. See Illust. of Steam boiler, above.
Steam fire engine, A fire engine consisting of a steam boiler and engine, and pump which is driven by the engine, combined and mounted on wheels. It is usually drawn by horses, but is sometimes made self-propelling.
Steam fitter, A fitter of steam pipes.
Steam fitting, The act or the occupation of a steam fitter; also, a pipe fitting for steam pipes.
Steam gas. See Superheated steam, above.
Steam gauge, An instrument for indicating the pressure of the steam in a boiler. The mercurial steam gauge is a bent tube partially filled with mercury, one end of which is connected with the boiler while the other is open to the air, so that the steam by its pressure raises the mercury in the long limb of the tube to a height proportioned to that pressure. A more common form, especially for high pressures, consists of a spring pressed upon by the steam, and connected with the pointer of a dial. The spring may be a flattened, bent tube, closed at one end, which the entering steam tends to straighten, or it may be a diaphragm of elastic metal, or a mass of confined air, etc.
Steam gun, A machine or contrivance from which projectiles may be thrown by the elastic force of steam.
Steam hammer, A hammer for forging, which is worked directly by steam; especially, a hammer which is guided vertically and operated by a vertical steam cylinder located directly over an anvil. In the variety known as Nasmyth's, the cylinder is fixed, and the hammer is attached to the piston rod. In that known as Condie's, the piston is fixed, and the hammer attached to the lower end of the cylinder.
Steam heater. (a) A radiator heated by steam.
Steam heater. (b) An apparatus consisting of a steam boiler, radiator, piping, and fixures for warming a house by steam.
Steam jacket. See under Jacket.
Steam packet, A packet or vessel propelled by steam, and running periodically between certain ports.
Steam pipe, Any pipe for conveying steam; specifically, a pipe through which steam is supplied to an engine.
Steam plow or Steam plough, A plow, or gang of plows, moved by a steam engine.
Steam port, An opening for steam to pass through, as from the steam chest into the cylinder.
Steam power, The force or energy of steam applied to produce results; power derived from a steam engine.
Steam propeller. See Propeller.
Steam pump, A small pumping engine operated by steam. It is usually direct-acting.
Steam room (Steam Boilers), The space in the boiler above the water level, and in the dome, which contains steam.
Steam table, A table on which are dishes heated by steam for keeping food warm in the carving room of a hotel, restaurant, etc.
Steam trap, A self-acting device by means of which water that accumulates in a pipe or vessel containing steam will be discharged without permitting steam to escape.
Steam tug, A steam vessel used in towing or propelling ships.
Steam vessel, A vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat or steamship; a steamer.
Steam whistle, An apparatus attached to a steam boiler, as of a locomotive, through which steam is rapidly discharged, producing a loud whistle which serves as a warning or a signal. The steam issues from a narrow annular orifice around the upper edge of the lower cup or hemisphere, striking the thin edge of the bell above it, and producing sound in the manner of an organ pipe or a common whistle.
Steam (v. t.) To exhale. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Steam (v. t.) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing; as, to steam wood; to steamcloth; to steam food, etc.
Steam (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Steamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Steaming.] To emit steam or vapor.
My brother's ghost hangs hovering there, O'er his warm blood, that steams into the air. -- Dryden.
Let the crude humors dance In heated brass, steaming with fire intense. -- J. Philips.
Steam (v. i.) To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor.
The dissolved amber . . . steamed away into the air. -- Boyle.
Steam (v. i.) To move or travel by the agency of steam.
The vessel steamed out of port. -- N. P. Willis.
Steam (v. i.) To generate steam; as, the boiler steams well.
Steam (n.) Water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere.
Steam (v.) Travel by means of steam power; "The ship steamed off into the Pacific" [syn: steamer, steam].
Steam (v.) Emit steam; "The rain forest was literally steaming."
Steam (v.) Rise as vapor.
Steam (v.) Get very angry; "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man."
Steam (v.) Clean by means of steaming; "steam-clean the upholstered sofa" [syn: steam, steam clean].
Steam (v.) Cook something by letting steam pass over it; "just steam the vegetables."
Steamed (imp. & p. p.) of Steam.
Steaming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steam.
Steam (v. i.) To emit steam or vapor.
My brother's ghost hangs hovering there, O'er his warm blood, that steams into the air. -- Dryden.
Let the crude humors dance In heated brass, steaming with fire intense. -- J. Philips.
Steam (v. i.) To rise in vapor; to issue, or pass off, as vapor.
The dissolved amber . . . steamed away into the air. -- Boyle.
Steam (v. i.) To move or travel by the agency of steam.
The vessel steamed out of port. -- N. P. Willis.
Steam (v. i.) To generate steam; as, the boiler steams well.
Steam (v. t.) To exhale. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Steam (v. t.) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing; as, to steam wood; to steamcloth; to steam food, etc.
Steam (n.) Water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere.
Steam (v.) Travel by means of steam power; "The ship steamed off into the Pacific" [syn: steamer, steam].
Steam (v.) Emit steam; "The rain forest was literally steaming."
Steam (v.) Rise as vapor.
Steam (v.) Get very angry; "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man."
Steam (v.) Clean by means of steaming; "steam-clean the upholstered sofa" [syn: steam, steam clean].
Steam (v.) Cook something by letting steam pass over it; "just steam the vegetables."
Steamboat (n.) A boat or vessel propelled by steam power; -- generally used of river or coasting craft, as distinguished from ocean steamers.
Steamboat (n.) A boat propelled by a steam engine.
Steamboat, AZ -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Arizona
Population (2000): 233
Housing Units (2000): 92
Land area (2000): 2.359399 sq. miles (6.110815 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.359399 sq. miles (6.110815 sq. km)
FIPS code: 69585
Located within: Arizona (AZ), FIPS 04
Location: 35.747080 N, 109.855083 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Steamboat, AZ
Steamboat
Steamboating (n.) The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats.
Steamboating (n.) (Bookbinding) The shearing of a pile of books which are as yet uncovered, or out of boards. -- Knight.
Steam engine () An engine moved by steam.
Note: In its most common forms its essential parts are a piston, a cylinder, and a valve gear. The piston works in the cylinder, to which steam is admitted by the action of the valve gear, and communicates motion to the machinery to be actuated. Steam engines are thus classified: 1. According to the way the steam is used or applied, as condensing, noncondensing, compound, double-acting, single-acting, triple-expansion, etc. 2. According to the motion of the piston, as reciprocating, rotary, etc. 3. According to the motion imparted by the engine, as rotative and nonrotative. 4. According to the arrangement of the engine, as stationary, portable, and semiportable engines, horizontal and vertical engines, beam engine, oscillating engine, direct-acting and back-acting engines, etc. 5. According to their uses, as portable, marine, locomotive, pumping, blowing, winding, and stationary engines, the latter term referring to factory engines, etc., and not technically to pumping or blowing engines. Locomotive and portable engines are usually high-pressure, noncondensing, rotative, and direct-acting. Marine engines are high or low pressure, rotative, and generally condensing, double-acting, and compound. Paddle engines are generally beam, side-lever, oscillating, or direct-acting. Screw engines are generally direct-acting, back-acting, or oscillating. Stationary engines belong to various classes, but are generally rotative. A horizontal or inclined stationary steam engine is called a left-hand or a right-hand engine when the crank shaft and driving pulley are on the left-hand side, or the right-hand side, respectively, of the engine, to a person looking at them from the cylinder, and is said to run forward or backward when the crank traverses the upward half, or lower half, respectively, of its path, while the piston rod makes its stroke outward from the cylinder. A marine engine, or the engine of a locomotive, is said to run forward when its motion is such as would propel the vessel or the locomotive forward. Steam engines are further classified as double-cylinder, disk, semicylinder, trunk engines, etc. Machines, such as cranes, hammers, etc., of which the steam engine forms a part, are called steam cranes, steam hammers, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
Back-acting steam engine, or Back-action steam engine, a steam engine in which the motion is transmitted backward from the crosshead to a crank which is between the crosshead and the cylinder, or beyond the cylinder.
Portable steam engine, A steam engine combined with, and attached to, a boiler which is mounted on wheels so as to admit of easy transportation; -- used for driving machinery in the field, as thrashing machines, draining pumps, etc.
Semiportable steam engine, A steam engine combined with, and attached to, a steam boiler, but not mounted on wheels.
Steam engine (n.) External-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder.
Steamer (n.) A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.
Steamer (n.) A steam fire engine. See under Steam.
Steamer (n.) A road locomotive for use on common roads, as in agricultural operations.
Steamer (n.) A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, in cookery, and in various processes of manufacture.
Steamer (n.) (Zool.) The steamer duck.
Steamer+duck+(Zool.),+A+sea+duck+({Tachyeres+cinereus">Steamer duck (Zool.), a sea duck ({Tachyeres cinereus), native of Patagonia and Terra del Fuego, which swims and dives with great agility, but which, when full grown, is incapable of flight, owing to its very small wings. Called also loggerhead, race horse, and side-wheel duck.
Steamer (n.) A clam that is usually steamed in the shell [syn: soft-shell clam, steamer, steamer clam, long-neck clam].
Steamer (n.) A cooking utensil that can be used to cook food by steaming it.
Steamer (n.) A ship powered by one or more steam engines [syn: steamer, steamship].
Steamer (n.) An edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe [syn: soft-shell clam, steamer, steamer clam, long-neck clam, Mya arenaria].
Steamer (v.) Travel by means of steam power; "The ship steamed off into the Pacific" [syn: steamer, steam].
Steaminess (n.) The quality or condition of being steamy; vaporousness; mistness.
Steaminess (n.) Cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor [syn: haziness, mistiness, steaminess, vaporousness, vapourousness].
Steamship (n.) A ship or seagoing vessel propelled by the power of steam; a steamer.
Steamship (n.) A ship powered by one or more steam engines [syn: steamer, steamship].
Steamy (a.) 蒸汽的；冒蒸汽的；充滿蒸汽的；狂熱的；煽情的 Consisting of, or resembling, steam; vaporous; misty. -- Cowper.
Steamy (a.) Emitting steam; full of steam.
Steamy (a.) Erotic; consisting of or depicting passionate sexual activity; as, a steamy love affair; the steamy scenes were cut from the film to avoid an X rating.
Steamy (a.) Filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist; "a steaming kettle"; "steamy towels" [syn: {steaming}, {steamy}].
Steamy (a.) Hot or warm and humid; "muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather" [syn: {muggy}, {steamy}, {sticky}].
Steamy (a.) Feeling great sexual desire; "feeling horny" [syn: {aroused}, {horny}, {randy}, {ruttish}, {steamy}, {turned on(p)}].
Stean (n. & v.) See Steen. -- Spenser.
Steen (n.) [Written also stean.] A vessel of clay or stone. "An huge great earth-pot steane." -- Spenser.
Steen (n.) A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.
Steen (v. t.) To line, as a well, with brick, stone, or other hard material. [Written also stean, and stein.]
Steaning (n.) See Steening.
Steening (n.) A lining made of brick, stone, or other hard material, as for a well. [Written also steaning.]
Steapsin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) An unorganized ferment or enzyme present in pancreatic juice. It decomposes neutral fats into glycerin and fatty acids.
Stearate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of stearic acid; as, ordinary soap consists largely of sodium or potassium stearates.
Stearic (a.) (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, stearin or tallow; resembling tallow.
Stearic acid (Chem.), A monobasic fatty acid, obtained in the form of white crystalline scales, soluble in alcohol and ether. It melts to an oily liquid at 69[deg]C.
Stearin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate.
Stearolic (a.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acetylene series, isologous with stearis acid, and obtained, as a white crystalline substance, from oleic acid.
Stearone (n.) (Chem.) The ketone of stearic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, ({C17H35)2.CO, by the distillation of calcium stearate.
Stearoptene (n.) (Chem.) The more solid ingredient of certain volatile oils; -- contrasted with elaeoptene.
Stearrhea (n.) (Med.) Seborrhea.
Stearyl (n.) (Chem.) The hypothetical radical characteristic of stearic acid.
Steatite (n.) (Min.) A massive variety of talc, of a grayish green or brown color. It forms extensive beds, and is quarried for fireplaces and for coarse utensils. Called also potstone, lard stone, and soapstone.
Compare: Talc
Talc (n.) (Min.) A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety.
Indurated talc, An impure, slaty talc, with a nearly compact texture, and greater hardness than common talc; -- called also talc slate. Talcose
Steatitic (a.) (Min.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, steatite; containing or resembling steatite.
Steatoma (n.) (Med.) A cyst containing matter like suet.
Steatomatous (a.) (Med.) Of the nature of steatoma.
Steatopyga (n.) A remarkable accretion of fat upon the buttocks of Africans of certain tribes, especially of Hottentot (Khoikhoi) women.
Steatopygous (a.) Having fat buttocks.
Specimens of the steatopygous Abyssinian breed. -- Burton. Stedfast; Sted
Sted (adv.) Alt. of Stedfastly.
Stedfast (adv.) Alt. of Stedfastly.
Stedfastly (adv.) See Stead, Steadfast, etc.
Stee (n.) A ladder. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [Written also stey.]
Steed (n.) A horse, especially a spirited horse for state of war; -- used chiefly in poetry or stately prose. "A knight upon a
steed." -- Chaucer.
Mounted upon a hot and fiery steed. -- Shak.
Steedless (a.) Having no steed; without a horse. Steek
Steek (v. t.) Alt. of Steik.
Steik (v. t.) To pierce with a sharp instrument; hence, to stitch; to sew; also, to fix; to fasten. [Scot.]
Steel (n.) (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.
Steel (n.) An instrument or implement made of steel ; as:
Steel (n.) A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc. "Brave Macbeth . . . with his brandished steel." -- Shak.
While doubting thus he stood, Received the steel bathed in his brother's blood. -- Dryden.
Steel (n.) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives.
Steel (n.) A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint.
Steel
(n.)
Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or
rigor. "Heads of steel."
--Johnson. "Manhood's heart of steel." -- Byron.
Steel (n.) (Med.) A chalybeate medicine. -- Dunglison.
Note: 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.
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.
Steel mill. (b) A mill which has steel grinding surfaces.
Steel mill. (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.
Steeled (imp. & p. p.) of Steel.
Steeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steel.
Steel (v. t.) To overlay, point, or edge with steel; as, to steel a razor; to steel an ax.
Steel (v. t.) Fig.: To make hard or strong; hence, to make insensible or obdurate.
Lies well steeled with weighty arguments. -- Shak.
O God of battles! steel my soldiers' hearts. -- Shak.
Why will you fight against so sweet a passion, And steel your heart to such a world of charms? -- Addison.
Steel (v. t.) Fig.: To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothness, polish, or other qualities.
These waters, steeled By breezeless air to smoothest polish. -- Wordsworth.
Steel (v. t.) (Elec.) To cover, as an electrotype plate, with a thin layer of iron by electrolysis. The iron thus deposited is very hard, like steel.
Steelbow goods () (Scots Law) Those goods on a farm, such as corn, cattle, implements husbandry, etc., which may not be carried off by a removing tenant, as being the property of the landlord.
Steeler (n.) One who points, edges, or covers with steel.
Steeler (n.) (Shipbuilding) Same as Stealer.
Steelhead (n.) (Zool.) A North Pacific salmon ({Salmo Gairdneri) found from Northern California to Siberia; -- called also hardhead, and preesil.
Steelhead (n.) (Zool.) The ruddy duck.
Steeliness (n.) The quality of being steely.
Steeling (n.) The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v.