Steel, vb. to make hard: “s. my lance's point,” R2 I, 3, 74. Figuratively, == 1) to harden, to make insensible: “lest thy hard heart do s. it,” Ven. 375. Ven. 375 “my --ed sense,” Sonn. 112, 8. “the --ed gaoler,” Meas. IV, 2, 90. “had not God --ed the hearts of men,” R2 V, 2, 34. 2) to make firm and strong: “from his metal was his party --ed,” H4B I, 1, 116. “service shall with --ed sinews toil,” H5 II, 2, 36. “s. my soldiers' hearts,” IV, 1, 306. H6B III, 1, 331. H6C II, 2, 41. R3 I, 1, 148. Troil. I, 3, 353. Caes. II, 1, 121.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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