steel-headedadj.
Having a head, tip or top of steel.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > plated or tipped
iron-shod?a1400
iron-headed1588
steel-head1590
steel-headed1590
clouted1622
steelen1629
iron-plated1640
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iii. sig. P2v A bow and quiuer gay, Stuft with steele-headed dartes.
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 71 Steel-headed Cones.
1825 W. Scott Talisman i, in Tales Crusaders III. 6 The long steel-headed lance.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2367/2 Steel-headed rail, a railway rail having an upper surface or tread of steel welded on to a body of iron.
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