steele

steele

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of steel
   • 1592/3, Thomas Nashe, The Choise of Valentines‎ (Poetry), published 1899, →OCLC, archived from the original on February 27, 2006‎:

     Adieu! faint-hearted instrument of lust; / That falselie hath betrayde our equale trust. / Hence-forth no more will I implore thine ayde, / Or thee, or man of cowardize upbrayde. / My little dilldo shall suply their kinde: / A knaue, that moues as light as leaues by winde; / That bendeth not, nor fouldeth anie deale, / But stands as stiff as he were made of steele; / And playes at peacock twixt my leggs right blythe, / And doeth my tickling swage with manie a sighe. / For, by saint Runnion! he'le refresh me well; / And neuer make my tender bellie swell.

   • 1601, Pliny, translated by P. Holland, Hist. World, II xxxiv xiv 514:

     The purest part thereof [of iron ore] which in Latine is called Nucleus ferri, i. the kernell or heart of the yron (and it is that which we call steele)

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Jeremiah 15:12:

     Shall yron breake the Northren yron, and the steele?

     (The Hebrew word is נחשת meaning copper. "Bow of steele" occurs in three places translating קשת נחושה.)

   • c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv], line 33:

     ...Like a man of Steele.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:steele.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek στήλη (stḗlē).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteːle/, [ˈs̠te̞ːle̞]
• Rhymes: -eːle
• Syllabification^(key): stee‧le

steele

1. (archaeology) stele (upright, or formerly upright slab containing engraved or painted decorations or inscriptions)

• steela

• leseet