steel-faced
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of steel-faced
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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While John Deere sold a steel-faced plow as early as 1838, it was James Oliver’s improvements to the device in the late 1860s that transformed life for homesteaders.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
The zinc plate on which Mr. Lansil's little etching, given in this volume, is executed, was steel-faced.
From A Treatise on Etching by Lalanne, Maxime
To a water-tight, fire-proof, angle-iron, sunk-hinge, time-lock, steel-faced Lie!
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various
When we read modern advertisements of "cheap gentlemen's traveling bags" or "steel-faced carpenters' claw hammers," we may construe such phrases with a latitude which was not permitted to the Algonkins.
From The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages by Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond)
As a rule, the plates are not steel-faced until after the proofs before lettering have been printed.
From A Treatise on Etching by Lalanne, Maxime
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