steelingn.

/ˈstiːlɪŋ/

Etymology: < steel v. + -ing suffix¹.

†1. The action of stiffening (a bodice, etc.) with steel. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [noun] > stiffness or rigidity > becoming or making stiff > stiffening with steel

steeling1601

1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 48 It was neuer good world since starching and steeling, buskes, and whale-bones..came to be in vse.

2. The giving a steel edge or point to iron, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > other metalworking processes

limation1617

matting1688

sheeting1776

blooming1812

steeling1816

ungraining1839

tarnishing1858

ironing1868

shimming1872

beating1875

siliconizing1880

shearing1881

inoxidizing1883

rustproofing1892

picking1895

rifting1903

Bayer process1910

autofrettage1919

prefinishing1935

panel beating1953

splatting1976

1816 A. Rees Cycl. (1819) XXXIV Steeling, in Cutlery, the laying on a piece of steel upon a larger mass of iron, to make that part which is to receive the edge harder than the rest.

3. Conversion into steel.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > conversion of metals > of iron into steel

conversion1837

steelifying1843

steeling1860

steelification1875

1860 Repertory Patent Inventions 36 317 These processes offer considerable advantages over those ordinarily employed for effecting the ‘steeling’ or the conversion of objects made of wrought or of cast iron into steel.

1860 Repertory Patent Inventions 36 318 The conversion into steel or the ‘steeling’ of iron or of cast iron.

1977 Sci. Amer. Oct. 125/1 If bloomery iron is treated in a certain way, it can be transformed into an alloy that is for most purposes far superior to bronze. That treatment is steeling, and its initial discovery was probably accidental.

4. In Engraving, the process of covering a metal plate with steel to render it more durable.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > metal plate > facing plate with steel

steeling1871

1871 P. G. Hamerton Etcher's Handbk. 41 Since the invention of steeling (protecting the copper by means of an infinitesimally thin coat of steel applied by galvanism) a dry point will yield larger editions than an etching would formerly.

1887 Athenæum 24 Sept. 412/2 It will be retorted that, in these days of steeling, stamped proofs of etchings, line or mezzotint engravings, are in many cases..little better than ordinary prints.

5. The steel part of a machine.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > [noun] > metal

steeling1869

1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools Pl.K 3 The bottom steeling on which iron is placed when it is being cut [by the shears].

1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools Pl.K 11 The steelings [of a guillotine plate shears] are 6 feet 6 inches long.

Compounds

steeling-box n. ? a box-iron (cf. steel v. 7).

ΚΠ

a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) ii. 152 That she hurt Dorothy the Wife of George Vining, by giving an Iron slate to put into her steeling Box.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	steeling
释义	steelingn. /ˈstiːlɪŋ/ Etymology: < steel v. + -ing suffix¹. †1. The action of stiffening (a bodice, etc.) with steel. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [noun] > stiffness or rigidity > becoming or making stiff > stiffening with steel steeling1601 1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 48 It was neuer good world since starching and steeling, buskes, and whale-bones..came to be in vse. 2. The giving a steel edge or point to iron, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > other metalworking processes limation1617 matting1688 sheeting1776 blooming1812 steeling1816 ungraining1839 tarnishing1858 ironing1868 shimming1872 beating1875 siliconizing1880 shearing1881 inoxidizing1883 rustproofing1892 picking1895 rifting1903 Bayer process1910 autofrettage1919 prefinishing1935 panel beating1953 splatting1976 1816 A. Rees Cycl. (1819) XXXIV Steeling, in Cutlery, the laying on a piece of steel upon a larger mass of iron, to make that part which is to receive the edge harder than the rest. 3. Conversion into steel. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [noun] > conversion of metals > of iron into steel conversion1837 steelifying1843 steeling1860 steelification1875 1860 Repertory Patent Inventions 36 317 These processes offer considerable advantages over those ordinarily employed for effecting the ‘steeling’ or the conversion of objects made of wrought or of cast iron into steel. 1860 Repertory Patent Inventions 36 318 The conversion into steel or the ‘steeling’ of iron or of cast iron. 1977 Sci. Amer. Oct. 125/1 If bloomery iron is treated in a certain way, it can be transformed into an alloy that is for most purposes far superior to bronze. That treatment is steeling, and its initial discovery was probably accidental. 4. In Engraving, the process of covering a metal plate with steel to render it more durable. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [noun] > metal plate > facing plate with steel steeling1871 1871 P. G. Hamerton Etcher's Handbk. 41 Since the invention of steeling (protecting the copper by means of an infinitesimally thin coat of steel applied by galvanism) a dry point will yield larger editions than an etching would formerly. 1887 Athenæum 24 Sept. 412/2 It will be retorted that, in these days of steeling, stamped proofs of etchings, line or mezzotint engravings, are in many cases..little better than ordinary prints. 5. The steel part of a machine. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > [noun] > metal steeling1869 1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools Pl.K 3 The bottom steeling on which iron is placed when it is being cut [by the shears]. 1869 W. J. M. Rankine Cycl. Machine & Hand-tools Pl.K 11 The steelings [of a guillotine plate shears] are 6 feet 6 inches long. Compounds steeling-box n. ? a box-iron (cf. steel v. 7). ΚΠ a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) ii. 152 That she hurt Dorothy the Wife of George Vining, by giving an Iron slate to put into her steeling Box. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2021). steelingadj. /ˈstiːlɪŋ/ Etymology: -ing suffix². That steels, in quot. 1849 hardening, stiffening. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily strength > strengthening > [adjective] strengthening1571 roborating1615 enabling1628 strengthing1672 steeling1849 fortifying1863 1849 C. Stovel Canne's Necessitie of Separation Introd. p. x He had already sustained the steeling influence of ‘seventeen years’ spent in banishment. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1601adj.1849
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steelingn.

Compounds

steelingadj.