Steel·y a.
1. Made of steel; consisting of steel. “The steely point of Clifford's lance.”
Around his shop the steely sparkles flew. --Gay.
2. Resembling steel; hard; firm; having the color of steel. “His hair was steely gray.”
She would unarm her noble heart of that steely resistance against the sweet blows of love. --Sir P. Sidney.
Steely iron, a compound of iron containing less than one half of one per cent of carbon.
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