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Steel mill   /stil mɪl/   Listen
noun
Steel  n.  
1.
(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.
2.
An instrument or implement made of steel; as:
(a)
A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc. "Brave Macbeth... with his brandished steel." "While doubting thus he stood, Received the steel bathed in his brother's blood."
(b)
An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives.
(c)
A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint.
3.
Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor. "Heads of steel." "Manhood's heart of steel."
4.
(Med.) A chalybeate medicine. 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Cast steel (Metal.), a fine variety of steel, originally made by smelting blister or cementation steel; hence, ordinarily, steel of any process of production when remelted and cast.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.
(b)
A mill which has steel grinding surfaces.
(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.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Steel mill" Quotes from Famous Books



... that passed through it. Ranger lay in the dry belt—considered an almost entirely useless part of the state—where killing droughts were not uncommon, and where for months on end the low, flinty hills radiate heat like the rolls of a steel mill. In such times even the steep, tortuous canyons dried out and there was neither shade nor moisture in them. The few farms and ranches round about were scattered widely, and life thereon was a grim struggle against heartbreak, ...
— Flowing Gold • Rex Beach
... myself, and I told Linski, and he said he had an uncle workin' in a steel mill got twice that much; but it didn't make any difference, ole Craig was bought by Wall Street. He said 'capitalism' better look out; he and the foreign-born workmen were goin' to take this country some day, ...
— Ramsey Milholland • Booth Tarkington
... it. Ranger lay in the dry belt—considered an almost entirely useless part of the state—where killing droughts were not uncommon, and where for months on end the low, flinty hills radiate heat like the rolls of a steel mill. In such times even the steep, tortuous canyons dried out and there was neither shade nor moisture in them. The few farms and ranches round about were scattered widely, and life thereon was a grim struggle against heartbreak, ...
— Flowing Gold • Rex Beach


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