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Steeping

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A river or drainage channel, usually called the Steeping River, in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England; a continuation of the River Lymn.
Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of something being steeped; a wetting. countable, uncountable

    "It is usual to expect, that the first two or three wettings or steepings of grain, at the commencement of the malting season, will not make so good malt as succeeding steepings […]"

  2. 2
    A 13th-century coin circulated in Ireland as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under King Edward I. historical
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of steep form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

From the name of Stephen de Fulbourn, who served as bishop of Waterford, archbishop of Tuam, and treasurer and justiciar of Ireland in the 1270s and 1280s.

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