STEELS

noun

1. An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
2. Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
3. Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment.

verb

1. To edge, cover, or point with steel.
2. To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
3. (of mirrors) To back with steel.