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steelen en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English stelen, from Old English stīelen (“made of steel”), from Proto-West Germanic *stahlīn. By surface analysis, steel + -en.

Meanings

  1. (figuratively, literally, literary, not-comparable) Made of steel.
    • At three-thirty a hush fell on the scene and the quiet swish of the warm waves, smacking in resonance the steelen sides, alone gave sound, a sleep-bringing lullaby dear to the soul of every sailor. 1908, Alan Hughes Burgoyne, The War Inevitable, page 64:
    • But it was still the eyes that Quill came back to, for they coveted a natural intelligence and a steelen resolve. 2006, Steve Albert, Vengeance, page 162:

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