Steely (a.) Made of steel; consisting of steel.
Steely (a.) Resembling steel; hard; firm; having the color of steel.
Steelyard (n.) A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched or graduated) indicating the weight; a Roman balance; -- very commonly used also in the plural form, steelyards.
Steem (n. & v.) See Esteem.
Steem (n. & v.) See 1st and 2nd Stem.
Steen (n.) A vessel of clay or stone.
Steen (n.) A wall of brick, stone, or cement, used as a lining, as of a well, cistern, etc.; a steening.
Steen (v. t.) To line, as a well, with brick, stone, or other hard material.
Steenbok (n.) Same as Steinbock.
Steening (n.) A lining made of brick, stone, or other hard material, as for a well.
Steenkirk (n.) Alt. of Steinkirk
Steinkirk (n.) A kind of neckcloth worn in a loose and disorderly fashion.
Steep (a.) Bright; glittering; fiery.
Steeped (imp. & p. p.) of Steep
Steeping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steep
Steep (v. t.) To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking; as, to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often used figuratively.
Steep (v. i.) To undergo the process of soaking in a liquid; as, the tea is steeping.
Steep (n.) Something steeped, or used in steeping; a fertilizing liquid to hasten the germination of seeds.
Steep (n.) A rennet bag.
Steep (v. t.) Making a large angle with the plane of the horizon; ascending or descending rapidly with respect to a horizontal line or a level; precipitous; as, a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep declivity; a steep barometric gradient.
Steep (v. t.) Difficult of access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
Steep (v. t.) Excessive; as, a steep price.
Steep (n.) A precipitous place, hill, mountain, rock, or ascent; any elevated object sloping with a large angle to the plane of the horizon; a precipice.
Steep-down (a.) Deep and precipitous, having steep descent.
Steepened (imp. & p. p.) of Steepen
Steepening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steepen
Steepen (v. i.) To become steep or steeper.
Steeper (n.) A vessel, vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped.
Steepiness (n.) Steepness.
Steepish (a.) Somewhat steep.
Steeple (n.) A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire.
Steeplechasing (n.) The act of riding steeple chases.
Steeple-crowned (a.) Bearing a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned building.
Steeple-crowned (a.) Having a crown shaped like a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned hat; also, wearing a hat with such a crown.
Steepled (a.) Furnished with, or having the form of, a steeple; adorned with steeples.
Steeply (adv.) In a steep manner; with steepness; with precipitous declivity.
Steepness (n.) Quality or state of being steep; precipitous declivity; as, the steepnessof a hill or a roof.
Steepness (n.) Height; loftiness.
Steep-up (a.) Lofty and precipitous.
Steepy (a.) Steep; precipitous.
Steer (a.) A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox.
Steer (v. t.) To castrate; -- said of male calves.
Steered (imp. & p. p.) of Steer
Steering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steer
Steer (n.) To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water.
Steer (v. i.) To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course.
Steer (v. i.) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily.
Steer (v. i.) To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action.
Steer (v. t.) A rudder or helm.
Steer (n.) A helmsman, a pilot.
Steerable (a.) Capable of being steered; dirigible.
Steerage (n.) The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship.
Steerage (n.) The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which an individual ship is affected by the helm.
Steerage (n.) The hinder part of a vessel; the stern.
Steerage (n.) Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel, under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare.
Steerage (n.) Direction; regulation; management; guidance.
Steerage (n.) That by which a course is directed.
Steerageway (n.) A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm.
Steerer (n.) One who steers; as, a boat steerer.
Steering () a. & n. from Steer, v.
Steerless (a.) Having no rudder.
Steerling (n.) A young small steer.
Steersmen (pl. ) of Steersman
Steersman (n.) One who steers; the helmsman of a vessel.
Steersmate (n.) One who steers; steersman.
Steeved (imp. & p. p.) of Steeve
Steeving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steeve
Steeve (v. i.) To project upward, or make an angle with the horizon or with the line of a vessel's keel; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
Steeve (v. t.) To elevate or fix at an angle with the horizon; -- said of the bowsprit, etc.
Steeve (v. t.) To stow, as bales in a vessel's hold, by means of a steeve. See Steeve, n. (b).
Steeve (n.) The angle which a bowsprit makes with the horizon, or with the line of the vessel's keel; -- called also steeving.
Steeve (n.) A spar, with a block at one end, used in stowing cotton bales, and similar kinds of cargo which need to be packed tightly.
Steeving (n.) The act or practice of one who steeves.
Steeving (n.) See Steeve, n. (a).
Steg (n.) A gander.
Steganographist (n.) One skilled in steganography; a cryptographer.
Steganography (n.) The art of writing in cipher, or in characters which are not intelligible except to persons who have the key; cryptography.
Steganophthalmata (n. pl.) The Discophora, or Phanerocarpae. Called also Steganophthalmia.
Steganopod (n.) One of the Steganopodes.
Steganopodes (n. pl.) A division of swimming birds in which all four toes are united by a broad web. It includes the pelicans, cormorants, gannets, and others.
Steganopodous (a.) Having all four toes webbed together.
Stegnosis (n.) Constipation; also, constriction of the vessels or ducts.
Stegnotic (a.) Tending to render costive, or to diminish excretions or discharges generally.
Stegnotic (n.) A stegnotic medicine; an astringent.
Stegocephala (n. pl.) An extinct order of amphibians found fossil in the Mesozoic rocks; called also Stegocephali, and Labyrinthodonta.
Stegosauria (n. pl.) An extinct order of herbivorous dinosaurs, including the genera Stegosaurus, Omosaurus, and their allies.
Stegosaurus (n.) A genus of large Jurassic dinosaurs remarkable for a powerful dermal armature of plates and spines.
Steik (v. t.) See Steek.
Stein (n. & v.) See Steen.
Steinbock (n.) The European ibex.
Steinbock (n.) A small South African antelope (Nanotragus tragulus) which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also steenbok.
Steingale (n.) The stannel.
Steining (n.) See Steening.
Steinkirk (n.) Same as Steenkirk.
Steinkle (n.) The wheater.
Stelae (pl. ) of Stela
Stela (n.) A small column or pillar, used as a monument, milestone, etc.
Stele (n.) Same as Stela.
Stele (n.) A stale, or handle; a stalk.
Stelene (a.) Resembling, or used as, a stela; columnar.