Steels meaning : An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness. Any item made of this metal, particularly including: Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment. Varieties of this metal. (colors) The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue. Extreme hardness or resilience. To edge, cover, or point with steel. To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against. (of mirrors) To back with steel. To treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes. To press with a flat iron. To cause to resemble steel in appearance. To steelify; to turn iron into steel. To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron. To sharpen with a honing steel.