chalybean

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Pertaining to the Chalybes, an ancient people of Pontus in Asia Minor famed as workers in iron and steel; similar to the work or products of the Chalybes: as, “Chalybean temper'd steel,”
2. n. A bird of Paradise of the genus Chalybæus or Manucodia; a manucode.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Of or pertaining to the Chalybes, an ancient people of Pontus in Asia Minor, celebrated for working in iron and steel.
2. adj. obsolete Of superior quality and temper; -- applied to steel.